Eliza Tagg 1775
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Description
Norfolk (England) samplers are a unique species, characterized by either a stepped lozenge cartouche, as in this example, an elaborate floral border (usually embroidered freehand but not in Eliza Tagg’s sampler), and a horizontal row of joined octagons filled with various floral or animal motifs. A nearly identical Norfolk sampler was made by Eliza Dearn in 1768 and is illustrated in Joanne Martin Lukacher’s book Imitation and Improvement: The Norfolk Sampler Tradition. Eliza Dearn stitched the same verse and embroidered the border around the stepped lozenge in cross stitch as well. The popular verse is:
Next unto God dear Parents I Address
My self to you in Humble Thankfulness
For all Your Care and Charge on me Bestow’d
The means of Learning unto me Allow’d
Goe on I Pray and Let me still Pursue
Those golden Arts the Vulgar never knew
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Stitches used in the sampler are cross stitch, petit point, and counted satin. On 40-count linen the reproduction will measure approximately 11 3/4″x 14 1/2″. It is recommended for any skill level.
Please note that the lines on the perimeter of the graph should be ignored. They were printed for position only and should not be stitched.
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