Stitched wool and cotton
Artist: Grace Hastwell
On display
This 19th-century sampler was produced by Hastwell at the age of twelve. It reflects Victorian sentiment, but also the youthful spontaneity of popular art. Samplers in Victorian times were a method of recording and circulating ideas and stitches were often taken from pattern books.
Details
- Artist
- Grace Hastwell
- Title
- Stitched wool and cotton
- Date
- 1837
- Medium
- Stitched wool and cotton
- Reference
- CVCSC:0255.317.F
- Collection
- Marx-Lambert