Sampler
Eliza Lyon (b. c.1814)
Category
Textiles
Date
1823
Materials
textile
Measurements
342 x 327 mm
Order this imageCollection
Stoneacre, Kent
NT 863951
Summary
Sampler stitched in lines of increasing size. One incorporating name Eliza Lyon June 1823 Aged 9.
Provenance
Part of a group of eight samplers and ten silhouettes belonging to the Lyon family, who came to London from Glasgow in the early 1800's, and had 13 children. By descent to Mr Ogilvie, who bequeathed them to the National Trust
Makers and roles
Eliza Lyon (b. c.1814), embroiderer