German sampler depicting alphabets, square all-over patterns, a wreath with initials and animals

An image of Textiles. Band sampler. Unidentified maker, Germany. Sampler depicting alphabets, square all-over patterns, a wreath with initials and animals. The top of the sampler has three horizontal bands containing alphabets and numerals. Beneath this is a large square flanked on either side by three smaller squares. The large square has a wreath, flowers and a small male and female figure worked in addition to the initials 'DM', 'MS' and the date 1727. The four smaller squares all have all-over patterns. The bottom band is made up of detached motifs (crowned peacock, deer, birds, stork) arranged around a large central design of a stylized flower vase. Linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, Florentine, tent, satin and rice stitch with a little pulled work. All the edges are hemmed and finished with buttonhole stitch. Length 33.25 cm, width 24.25 cm, 1727.

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Textiles. Band sampler. Unidentified maker, Germany. Sampler depicting alphabets, square all-over patterns, a wreath with initials and animals. The top of the sampler has three horizontal bands containing alphabets and numerals. Beneath this is a large square flanked on either side by three smaller squares. The large square has a wreath, flowers and a small male and female figure worked in addition to the initials 'DM', 'MS' and the date 1727. The four smaller squares all have all-over patterns. The bottom band is made up of detached motifs (crowned peacock, deer, birds, stork) arranged around a large central design of a stylized flower vase. Linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, Florentine, tent, satin and rice stitch with a little pulled work. All the edges are hemmed and finished with buttonhole stitch. Length 33.25 cm, width 24.25 cm, 1727.

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Accession Number: T.97-1938
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/9.5
Focal length: 50
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 836 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 952.20kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 95/10

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18th Century alphabet animal animals band sampler birds deer embroidered embroidery Fitz_AA floral Florentine stitch flowers German initial initialled initials letters linen peacock peacock feather peacock tail peacocks polychrome pulled work rice stitch sampler satin stitch silk silks stitched stitches stitching stork tent stitch textile vase of flowers vases wreath wreaths

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