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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 (G?)illan Collins in 1785, and includes two examples of the alphabet in various colours, as well as a religious text and motifs including flowers, hearts and diamonds.","physicalDescription":"Silk cross stitch in brown, green, pink, cream and black on linen ground. The top section has letters of the alphabet in capital and then lower case, stitched and underlined in various colours. In the top centre of the sampler is the makers name ((G) illian Collins) and date (October 1785). in the lower half is a religious text, with each word stitched in a different colour. This text reads: 'Make much of precious time whilst in your power Be careful well to husband every hour For time will come when you shall sore lament The unhappy minutes that you mispent / My art hath taught my fingers ends to write without paper ink or pens'. At the bottom of the sampler are heart, diamond and floral motifs.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Collins, Gillian","id":"AUTH343466"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silk","id":"x30127"},{"text":"","id":""},{"text":"linen","id":"x29412"},{"text":"","id":""}],"techniques":[{"text":"stitching","id":"AAT53660"},{"text":"","id":""}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Silk stitching on a linen panel.","categories":[{"text":"Children & Childhood","id":"THES48980"},{"text":"Made by children","id":"THES274364"},{"text":"Textiles","id":"THES48885"},{"text":"Education & Learning","id":"THES252542"},{"text":"Embroidery","id":"THES48960"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"YVA","id":"THES48593"},"images":["2017JU2417","2017JV6622"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"SR011","id":"THES341117"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"hand embroidery","id":"x30339"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1785","earliest":"1785-01-01","latest":"1785-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given in memory of Valerie Orr","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"520","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"220","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"","value":"","unit":"","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Donated by Peter Orr in 2016, who was given the samplers by his mother Valerie Orr (deceased). The donor advised that his mother acquired the samplers over several years as she was the Chair of the Embroiderers' Guild in Yorkshire. He believes the period of acquisition would have been 1970-2005, and that a number were donated by a good friend in the 1970's, whilst others were purchased or a gift from others. ","historicalContext":"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.","briefDescription":"Sampler with silk cross stitch on linen ground. 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