1592996897000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-110748 1751479347936 1751468014000 1751479345958 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-110748 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110748 a78b4e1e-273f-3d50-81d8-124e94baf4bc 13 reference term-29556 adlib-term-29556 e008f69f-8abd-316d-9406-e2cee4f33748 embroidery Applied Arts Band sampler worked in polychrome silks depicting alphabets, stylised flowers, arcaded flowers and panels containing initials. Linen band sampler embroidered in polychrome silks in cross, hem, double running, Algerian eye, satin, chain, whipped stem and trellis stitch. The pattern consists of horizontal bands of lettering, and stylised floral and abstract motifs. The bottom half of the sampler contains an alphabet and the verse 'LOOK WELL TO WH/AT YOU TAKe IN HA/ND FOR LARNING IS/ BETTer THeN HOV/Se OR LAND WHeN L/AND IS GONE AND MO/NeY IS SPeNT THen/ LARNING IS MOST eX/CeLeNT. AVGVST the 18 1694.' Underneath this verse is another alphabet and the numbers 1 to 8. The bottom band consists of a panel with the initials 'MC' and on either side of it the initials 'IH' and 'M'. Surrounding the panel are a heart, a vase of flowers, two dogs and a bird. reference exhibition-1860 adlib-exhibition-1860 984b42c3-c2fa-3b12-a7a2-9e892be3ea6c English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam reference exhibition-1861 adlib-exhibition-1861 c57af863-8bc4-3f32-8fd4-0555e2a02a61 Samplers 75 reference exhibition-3240 adlib-exhibition-3240 0eed1e93-934e-3def-8837-523d6016b020 Sampled Lives: Samplers from the Fitzwilliam Museum T.17-1938 1 accession number T.17-1938 110748 priref 110748 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110748 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110748 embroidered LOOK WELL TO WH/AT YOU TAKe IN HA/ND FOR LARNING IS/ BETTer THeN HOV/Se OR LAND WHeN L/AND IS GONE AND MO/NeY IS SPeNT THen/ LARNING IS MOST eX/CeLeNT. AVGVST the 18 1694. inscription reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest reference agent-169442 adlib-agent-169442 ef10cac0-6e4e-3827-8b8e-82067b33768c Longman, H. A., Mrs 1938 1938 1938 bequeathed Entry date: 1938 1694 CE 1694 1694 maker reference agent-169447 adlib-agent-169447 26139126-1287-3792-a0b9-cdf01e579d9a Canting, Mary The dominance of lettering is typical for samplers of this period as literacy had become an increasingly important part of the education of young women, and the stitching of name, date, alphabets, and improving verses was seen as a means of instilling basic secular and moral education. The growing importance attached to lettering and literacy inevitably reduced the stitch variety on samplers. This sampler is part of a group linked by the same name of a 'dame' or 'mistris' . (T.83-1928; T.1-1995) reference term-106453 adlib-term-106453 60056370-7375-3dac-996c-6cc9d5db35a9 17th Century, Late reference term-15338 adlib-term-15338 c2fa0413-ef2b-35cf-b0d3-e3ec89c14b55 William and Mary reference term-107139 adlib-term-107139 9fd5ef13-3709-388f-b925-702787340e32 literal England England country England ground reference term-115028 adlib-term-115028 556ae598-ff6b-3a23-86fc-6ca6ee348f2c linen pink, blue, green, yellow reference term-118722 adlib-term-118722 4f4800f9-d84e-3f97-a3d0-d00e18216dea silk Length cm 55.5 Length in 22.3/8 Width cm 16.25 Width in 6½ reference media-202117 adlib-media-202117 25d2533e-7e2f-31eb-8afe-5cea64dfe141 jpeg aa/aa36/T_17_1938_1_201703_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 1024 width pixels 364 1742598442232 1 image jpeg aa/aa36/T_17_1938_1_201703_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 1024 width pixels 364 1742598442232 1 image jpeg aa/aa36/T_17_1938_1_201703_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 1024 width pixels 364 1742598442232 1 image jpeg aa/aa36/preview_T_17_1938_1_201703_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 703 width pixels 250 1742598442232 1 image 0 media image reference media-92346 adlib-media-92346 84384155-7f0f-3e0d-bffb-2acefe35df28 jpeg aa/aa22/T_17_1938_20Reverse.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 400 1742588633927 1 image jpeg aa/aa22/T_17_1938_20Reverse.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 400 1742588633927 1 image jpeg aa/aa22/T_17_1938_20Reverse.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 400 1742588633927 1 image jpeg aa/aa22/preview_T_17_1938_20Reverse.jpg 1 height pixels 475 width pixels 250 1742588633927 1 image 1 media image reference media-1194191457 portfolio portfolio-media-1194191457 8c2b49cd-9dc0-31fa-a7f3-022e2755bfc4 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/995/large_T_17_1938_1_201703_amt49_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 2386 width pixels 1024 1529372751000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/995/mid_T_17_1938_1_201703_amt49_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1165 width pixels 500 1529372751000 1 image T.17-1938_1_201703_amt49_mas.tif 1529372751000 1 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/995/preview_T_17_1938_1_201703_amt49_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 583 width pixels 250 1529372751000 1 image pyramid tiff portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/995/T_17_1938_1_201703_amt49_mas.ptif 1 height pixels 5567 width pixels 2389 1529372751000 1 image 2 media image reference term-117142 adlib-term-117142 0ef46508-81d3-3662-8361-18349e913d25 sampler category band sampler history note unknown before donor reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. No. 36 13 reference publication-4748 adlib-publication-4748 efe53dae-7c91-33e6-a260-c48bf150e5ec English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam Publ. p. 34, no. 12, illustrated p. 35, left 34-5 reference publication-4747 adlib-publication-4747 c16212bf-013a-30c0-9e7b-32d733b59094 Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, Samplers reference publication-5024 adlib-publication-5024 cecd99ae-404f-3183-8be0-7e67d0d65c61 Sampler Exhibition in the Octagon Published p. 125, illustrated p. 126 and 228, cat no. 75 125-126, 228 reference publication-8446 adlib-publication-8446 f3055d60-c8ab-3b53-8902-be99d39e8224 Sampled Lives: Samplers from the Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. p. 148, cited briefly under nos. 18 and 19 148 reference publication-6402 adlib-publication-6402 b70b4cb9-7889-3f2f-b0dd-9e0852051bbd English Embroidery from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1580-1700, 'Twixt Art and Nature

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sampler linen, embroidered in polychrome silks in cross, hem, double running, Algerian eye, satin, chain, whipped stem and trellis stitch. reference term-27589 adlib-term-27589 4cf177c4-52c5-3a11-9923-2d3d6ede7ccb weaving cross, hem, double running, Algerian eye, satin, chain, whipped stem and trellis stitch reference term-29899 adlib-term-29899 e75b51cd-480d-3a81-939a-df4ef1674416 embroidering object OBJECT