Sampler

Description

Sampler stitched with alphabets, family initials and Adam and Eve, on cream wool canvas with coloured silks, in a 19th century rosewood frame: Scottish, Edinburgh, by Alison Ruddiman, 1740

Museum reference

A.1993.103

Collection

Fashion and Textiles

Object name

Sampler

Production information

Alison Ruddiman, (Steuart), Embroiderer
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1740

Materials

Wool, Silk, Rosewood

Physical description

Rosewood frame

Associations

Husband of maker: James Steuart
Depicted: Adam
Depicted: Eve