Examples of needlework
M. S. Weston
Category
Education objects
Date
circa 1876
Materials
Cotton and wool
Measurements
Each piece (min) - 90 mm (length), Each piece (max) - 311 mm (length)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671013
Summary
Nine different needlework samplers. There is a cream cotton cuff with button and button hole. There is a cream cotton square with a square cream cotton insertion in the centre. There is a rectangle of cream cotton with 'M S Weston' embroidered in red cross stich. There is a rectangle of red wool with white herring bone stitching and moth holes. There is a rectangle of cream cotton with two cotton tape ties inserted along one edge. There is a rectangle of cream knitted wool with a darned patch in the centre. There is a square green piece of wool with white herring bone stitching and moth holes. There is a rectangle of cream cotton with five pin tucks along its length. There is a doll's size cream cotton long sleeved shirt with the letter 'J' on the shoulders. Total number of items is 9.
Marks and inscriptions
On the cream square of cotton and cuff: 'M. Weston'
Makers and roles
M. S. Weston, maker