sampler - Ann Lister 1790. CBE 5 Portraits eyelets and back stitch

eyelets and back stitch

It measures 230mm wide by 280mm high

E Metcalf of Whitby

Created from high-quality wood

Due to thread loss and counting mistakes made by the original stitcher

sampler - Ann Lister 1790. CBE 5 Portraits eyelets and back stitchThe chart measures 128 stitches wide by 205 stitches high. The pattern is stitched in cross stitch and quarter stitches (1 over 1), so suitable for linen. The sampler was stitched by Ann Lister in 1790 . Unfortunately, there is no other information given on the sampler , so it is not possible to identify her or where she stitched the sampler with any certainty. The sampler was generously gifted to Whitby Museum in 1933 by H. M.& Bureh Thornhill of