"B.542-2016" . . "Sampler with wool and silk cross stitch in green, brown, red, pink, yellow, orange, beige, cream and blue on linen ground. Made by Margaret Barker in February 1800."@en . . "1800, England" . . . "Sampler with wool and silk cross stitch in green, brown, red, pink, yellow, orange, beige, cream and blue on linen ground. Made by Margaret Barker in February 1800."@en . "The earliest surviving samplers date back to the sixteenth century, where they were used as a personal reference for experienced or professional embroiderers. By the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries however, when this example was made, samplers were increasingly being used as an educational tool for girls from all social backgrounds. Samplers also had an increasingly pictoral focus by this time, often framed with embroidered border patterns; the use of moralising texts and motifs also served as an expression of dutiful piety. This example was made by Margaret Barkers and is dated 12 February 1800."@en . . "Wool and silk cross stitch in green, brown, red, pink, yellow, orange, beige, cream and blue on linen ground. There is a simple border with coloured stithcing at the top and purple flowers arranged within a green triangle shaped pattern at the bottom. The top section has two examples of each letter of the alphabet, stitched and underlined in various colours. Underneath is text that reads 'Margret Barkers work February 12 1800'. On either side of '1800' are diamond motifs linked with oval shaped stitching."@en . . . "0.51450002193450927734"^^ . "Unique"@en . "The earliest surviving samplers date back to the sixteenth century, where they were used as a personal reference for experienced or professional embroiderers. By the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries however, when this example was made, samplers were increasingly being used as an educational tool for girls from all social backgrounds. Samplers also had an increasingly pictoral focus by this time, often framed with embroidered border patterns; the use of moralising texts and motifs also served as an expression of dutiful piety. This example was made by Margaret Barkers and is dated 12 February 1800."@en . "0.68620002269744873047"^^ . "In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries samplers were increasingly being used as an educational tool for girls from all social backgrounds. This sampler forms part of a total of fourteen examples donated to the Museum by Peter Orr, ranging in date from 1785-1886."@en . . . "In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries samplers were increasingly being used as an educational tool for girls from all social backgrounds. This sampler forms part of a total of fourteen examples donated to the Museum by Peter Orr, ranging in date from 1785-1886."@en . "1800, England" . . . "Wool and silk cross stitch in green, brown, red, pink, yellow, orange, beige, cream and blue on linen ground. There is a simple border with coloured stithcing at the top and purple flowers arranged within a green triangle shaped pattern at the bottom. The top section has two examples of each letter of the alphabet, stitched and underlined in various colours. Underneath is text that reads 'Margret Barkers work February 12 1800'. On either side of '1800' are diamond motifs linked with oval shaped stitching."@en . . "Unique"@en . . . . . .