Description:From the Staffordshire County Museum collection.
18th and 19th century samplers and education:
By around 1720 the shape of the samplers began to change and it became much squarer, a greater variety of cloths also began to be used. Linen was still the chief fabric but Tammy; a fine woolen cloth became the alternative for a short while. Whilst satin and Tiffany ( a fine glazed muslin material ) were used for map and darning samplers. The sampler was no longer a ‘sampler ‘ of stitches but a form of education for girls in the age group 8-15 years, and a leaving task for the young ladies at the finishing schools and academies.