Sampler
Grace Bembridge (b. c.1852)
Category
Textiles
Date
1864
Materials
Binca, wood and glass.
Measurements
Frame - 447 mm (width); 446 mm (height)
Place of origin
Hulland School
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661070
Summary
A hand stitched sampler stitched in wool on binca. The sampler has letters of the alphabet and numbers 1-12 separated by different coloured decorative lines of embroidery. The following is stitched in one line 'Thy Word is a lamp unto my Feet, Grace Bembridge, Aged 12 - Hulland School 1864'. The sampler is framed in a plain oak frame and glass.
Makers and roles
Grace Bembridge (b. c.1852), maker