IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110564 accession number: T.17-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 27 March 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, cross, long-armed cross, Montenegrin cross, arrowhead cross, satin and trellis stitch. All four sides are hemmed. There are seventeen bands, mainly floral repeat border patterns,with some geometric horizontal repeat border patterns, one containing 'boxers'. Two bands contain the inscription 'ELIzAbetH BILLINgzley Her/ ZAMPLer FINIzhed the 19 IVLY/1653'. title: sampler LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J. W. L. Glaisher creditline: Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110564 TECHNIQUES ---------- Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, cross, long-armed cross, Montenegrin cross, arrowhead cross, satin and trellis stitch. All four sides are hemmed weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1653 - 1653 creation date earliest: 1653 creation date latest: 1653 culture: 17th Century, Mid CREATORS -------- maker: Billingsley, Elizabeth DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 72 dimension: Length units: in value: 29.3/4 dimension: Width units: cm value: 19 dimension: Width units: in value: 7.7/8 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam title: Sampled Lives: Samplers from the Fitzwilliam Museum CITATIONS -------- English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam Sampled Lives: Samplers from the Fitzwilliam Museum --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_17_1928_1_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 342 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_17_1928_1_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 342 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_17_1928_1_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 342 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/preview_T_17_1928_1_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 749 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_17_1928_back_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 323 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_17_1928_back_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 323 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_17_1928_back_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 323 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/preview_T_17_1928_back_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 793 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/991/large_T_17_1928_1_201702_kly25_mas.jpg height: 2267 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/991/mid_T_17_1928_1_201702_kly25_mas.jpg height: 1107 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/T.17-1928_1_201702_kly25_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/991/preview_T_17_1928_1_201702_kly25_mas.jpg height: 553 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/991/T_17_1928_1_201702_kly25_mas.ptif height: 9246 pixels width: 4177 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/992/large_T_17_1928_2_201702_kly25_mas.jpg height: 2431 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/992/mid_T_17_1928_2_201702_kly25_mas.jpg height: 1187 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/T.17-1928_2_201702_kly25_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/992/preview_T_17_1928_2_201702_kly25_mas.jpg height: 593 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/992/T_17_1928_2_201702_kly25_mas.ptif height: 9503 pixels width: 4003 pixels