Sampler
Lydia’s father George was a gardener on the Mamhead estate. Later on, when she was 18, Lydia worked as an assistant teacher at the National School in Exeter. Samplers were an essential part of a girls education. They taught the stitches necessary for marking laundry. Given to RAMM in 1918 by Ellen Hood, Lydia’s younger sister, who also presented her own sampler (1863) and her mother Ruth’s (1817).
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 59/1918/3
- Category
- Decorative Art
- Collection Class
- Textiles and equipment
- Material
- woolsilk
- Common Name
- Sampler
- Simple Name
- Sampler
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Date
- 1864
- Production Person Initials
- Lydia
- Production Person Surname
- Hood
