See also the TRC Needles entries on commemorative embroidery and commemorative quilts.
Fitzwilliam Museum online catalogue (retrieved 20th June 2016).
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Commemorative Samplers
Commemorative sampler, dedicated to King Charles I of England, made by Sarah Robertson, 1759.
Copyright Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, acc. no. T-1.1944.
A commemorative sampler is a type used to commemorate one or more birthdays, weddings, funerals or special events within a family or community. This type of sampler was popular in Northern Europe and elsewhere from the seventeenth century onwards and is still being produced.
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