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Sampler, embroidery   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Emma Jane Weston
Title
Sampler, embroidery
Object type United Kingdom/migration; needlework/crafts; childhood
Classification: NM3.12182
Description
English: One of five pieces of embroidery executed by Mrs Gifford (nee Emma Jane Weston) when a child and brought by her to New Zealand in 1884. sampler, fine linen-cotton, embroidered in greens, blues, reds, alphabets and numerals, many motifs (large and small), signed, dated, and placed. Script- "I LOVE YOU" "Emma Weston Marked in Woodhouse Age 13 1876"
Date 1876; 1884; Queen Victoria (1837 - 1901)-English reign; 29 Oct 1965
Medium Cross stitch/embroidery/needlework
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height: 408mm
width: 371mm

notes: height 408mm x width 371mm 16" x 14.5" (h x w)
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
1965.78.433
Place of creation England; Auckland
Credit line gift of Auckland City Council, 1965, collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1965.78.433, col.0059.1, ocm1421, T737
Notes One of five pieces of embroidery executed by Mrs Gifford (nee Emma Jane Weston) when a child and brought by her to New Zealand in 1884. description- sampler, fine linen-cotton, embroidered in greens, blues, reds, alphabets and numerals, many motifs (large and small), signed, dated, and placed. Script- "I LOVE YOU" "Emma Weston Marked in Woodhouse Age 13 1876" Emma Jane Gifford (nee Weston) b. 1863 In June 1937 a small collection of samplers and needleworking gear was presented to the Old Colonists Museum by Mr L.F. Rudd, Barrister and Solicitor, on behalf of Mr S. Gifford. The record stated that they were " brought to New Zealand in 1884 by Mrs Gifford nee Emma Jane Weston" and included five pieces of embroidery "executed by her". Currently the only information we have on Emma Jane Gifford is derived from the Museum accession record and from her needlework. What we do know reads like a set of clues. It is obvious that Emma Jane Weston was an excellent needleworker. We also know that she was born about 1863 and at 13 years of age she lived at Woodhouse in England. Then in 1884, aged 21, she came to New Zealand and at some stage married Mr. S Gifford. It is probable that the Giffords lived in or near Auckland. Emma's husband, S Gifford probably died about 1937, when this collection was presented to the Old Colonist's Museum and it is quite likely that Emma Jane died some time before him. Emma Jane Gifford's name is not recorded in either the Births, Marriages, Deaths index held by Auckland Museum or the Public Library shipping index for 1884. However, this lack of information is not unusual as official records often referred to women simply as wife of, daughter of, or family of. In Emma's case we have one or two yet unexplored avenues to investigate and hope to learn more about Emma Jane Gifford (nee Weston) in future.
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