The sampler was given to the Victoria and Albert Museum by Mrs. Lewis F. Day, a notable English embroiderer and collector in the early twentieth century (and co-author of Art in Needlework, London 1900; see Art Needlework).
Sources:
- ANTIQUES, Witney (2000). Paradise Revisited: British Samplers, Historic Embroideries 1590-1880.
- BROWNE, Clare and Jennifer WEARDEN (eds. 1999). Samplers from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: V&A Publications.
V&A online catalogue (retrieved 6 July 2016).
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