Sampler made by Jean Stevenson of Kirkintilloch

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A sampler is a piece of embroidery executed as an example of the embroiderers' skill in using a variety of stitches. This example was made by Jean Stevenson of Kirkintilloch in 1814.

The linen sampler is embroidered in coloured silks and has many typical features of Scottish samplers including birds on a fountain, thistle, peacocks and other small motifs; the border pattern; and the elaborate alphabet.

Jean Stevenson was born in August 1797 and so was 16 or 17 years old when she made this sampler.

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• Online ID: 000-100-082-402-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1986.118
• Date: 1814
  
• Material: Natural coloured linen embroidered in coloured silk threads. Inscription: Our Father; Farone is Deceitful
  Sampler
  
• Dimensions: 583 mm x 450mm (framed)
  
• What: Sampler
  
• Subject: European Costume : embroideries
  
• Who: Elizabeth Marshall (Mother of maker)
  Jean Stevenson, Kirkintilloch (Maker)
  Robert Stevenson (Father of maker)
  
• Where: United Kingdom
  
• Event:
• Description: Natural coloured linen sampler embroidered in coloured silks in different stitches showing alphabet, borders, swade motifs, and the maker's family: British,1814
  
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