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Sampler – Rosanna Goulding, Quorndon, 1884

One of the most amazing pieces of Quorn history! This intricately stitched sampler was made by Rosanna Goulding who was sent to the Muller Homes Orphan Houses in Bristol after her parents died in 1877. In 1884 she was released to the care of her eldest sister, Emma Dryden, who was married to John Dryden, the headmaster of Quorn Primary School. Read the full fascinating story of Rosanna, and what happened to her and her siblings, in an article which appeared in the Spring edition of the Quorndon in 2015. This is included on the museum website in Artefact 1885.

Rosanna lived in House 3, South Wing, which was the Girls Dept A. It is believed that the samplers made in this location, ie the South Wing of House No. 3, were the only ones to have this style, ie divided into compartments by lines of stitching. The style seems to have appeared around 1879 and lasted until about 1890. The research into the ‘divided’ samplers, was carried out by Jacky Bower, who got in touch with Sue Templeman in 2022.


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 Submitted on: 2015-01-26
 Submitted by: Sue Templeman
 Artefact ID: 1879
 Artefact URL: www.quornmuseum.com/display.php?id=1879
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