Wednesday, October 23, 2019

The Reverse Side of Schoolgirl Samplers 1723-1868

The Fitzwilliam Museum has provided pictures of the front and back sides of schoolgirl samplers! It is amazing how neat and reversible these are.

For Mary Derow's sampler dated 1723 (shown below), please visit https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/gallery/samplers/schoolgirl/derow/index.html

        





Mary Culley's sampler dated 1790 can be found here:
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/gallery/samplers/schoolgirl/culley/index.html

Mary Tipper's sampler dated 1868 can be found here:
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/gallery/samplers/schoolgirl/tipper/index.html

There are more samplers available to view on the Fitzwilliam Museum website.
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  1. Julia RobertSeptember 26, 2022 at 5:45 AM

    Its really great to see the reverse side of schoolgirl samplers. Your given links and examples are good and inspiration for those of new birds in the field of embroidery and logo digitizing. Thank you.

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