Name/Title
Embroidered stories : Scottish samplersEntry/Object ID
NK9145.W95Description
Samplers were embroidered pictures made by girls, and occasionally boys, as part of their education. Scottish samplers are unique with regard to the amount of information that can be gathered from them. They often include the initials of extended family members as well as details of buildings, places and events, leading to the identification of almost all of these young embroiderers. Leslie Durst, an American with a passion for Scotland, has a collection of over 500 samplers dating from the early 18th to the late 19th century; a small section of them will be exhibited at the National Museum of Scotland. This book showcases these and reveals the stories behind many of them -- embroidered records of two centuries of Scottish social history.Context
Published to accompany the exhibition held at the National Museum of Scotland, 26th October 2018-21st April 2019.Collection
Linda Ford-Wallace CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
samplers--exhibitions, samplers--scotlandLegacy Lexicon
Category
Exhibition catalogBook Details
Author
Helen WyldPublisher
NMS Enterprise LimitedPlace Published
City
EdinburghCountry
Scotland, United KingdomContinent
EuropeDate Published
2018Call No.
NK9145.W95ISBN
1910682209, 9781910682203Notes
Length: 84