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Name/Title Sampler
Primary Maker Leiper, Mareion
Measurements H 43.5 W 20.7cm (H 1' 5 1/8" W 8 1/8")
Media/Materials cotton
Description Sampler. The alphabet is sewn a number of times, in upper case, in a variety of stitches and sizes; plus the numbers 0 - 6. (Not all the letters and numbers are sewn each time). There is a row of crowns with initials underneath. Then : Mareion Leiper 1794. At the bottom there is a tree with a robin on the right and a peacock on the left. Colours : Green, red, purple, pink, black and orange.


See JHM : 1993 : 42 - JHM : 1993 : 49.
Theme Art, Design and Textiles --Costume and Textiles --Textiles --Embroidered Textiles
Signature/Marks Insc: Y
Mark: N
Mareion Leiper 1794
Accession No JHM:1993:48

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