Costume and Textiles Sampler Made in Scotland, Europe1800-1830 Artist/maker unknown, Scottish Wool plain weave with silk embroidery in cross, long-armed cross, double darning, tent (petit point), back, laid and couched, satin, Byzantine, and chain stitches * Gallery 271, Costume and Textiles, second floor 1969-288-120 Whitman Sampler Collection, gift of Pet, Incorporated, 1969 |
LabelMany of the verses found on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century samplers reflect on the fragility of human life, underscoring Britain’s high mortality rate at the time. This sampler’s passage is from the Scottish Psalter, the primary hymnal for the Church of Scotland from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries. The stylized peacocks that flank the home are typical of nineteenth-century Scottish samplers. A bird native to Asia, its presence in Scotland is attributed to the strong trade links between Scotland and the Netherlands in the 1700s and 1800s. The Dutch encountered peafowl when they began to trade with Asia in the late 1600s.Social Tags [?]eurosampler [x] sampler [x] scottish sampler [x] whitman sampler collection [x] [Add Your Own Tags]* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
