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Hannah Wilksage's joyful bird and flower sampler of 1825 is just one of 19 samplers you can now enjoy on the Leeds Museums Collections on-line gallery. You will need to enter Sampler into the search box to see them.
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And next enter Tailor into the search box to find this tailor's wall hanging of circa 1840-1860 which measures aprroximately 1.4 x 1.4 metres and looks to have been made out of recycled army jackets.
Did the sampler only survive because it was made into a purse? I know someone who bought a Victorian sewing bag from an antiques fair and the bottom bit of it was a coif - C19 recycling or madness?
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It is possible - maybe we need to be thankful for small mercies. I have just come across an 18th century pocket that is patched with pieces from a spot sampler - and now there is a coif in a Victorian sewing bag - whatever next! Thank you for sharing.
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