IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110573 accession number: T.26-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 17 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Linen band sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, cross, Montenegrin cross, two-sided Italian cross and satin stitch with some couching and detached buttonhole stitches. There is a plain selvedge at the top and bottom and the sides are hemmed. The sampler is divided into twelve horizontal bands of repeating border patterns, possibly worked from both ends. They are mainly floral but one includes 'boxers' and the other a large pineapple motif. At one end there is an alphabet and the inscription '1661 e P'. 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/110573 TECHNIQUES ---------- Linen band sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, cross, Montenegrin cross, two-sided Italian cross and satin stitch with some couching and detached buttonhole stitches. There is a plain selvedge at the top and bottom and the sides are hemmed. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering TECHNIQUES ---------- couching (embroidering) CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1661 - 1661 creation date earliest: 1661 creation date latest: 1661 culture: 17th Century# CREATORS -------- maker: Unidentified DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 72.5 dimension: Length units: in value: 29.7/8 dimension: Width units: cm value: 19.75 dimension: Width units: in value: 7.7/8 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam title: Mission Impossible? Ethics and Choices in Conservation CITATIONS -------- English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam Mission Impossible? Ethics and Choices in Conservation, Brief Guide --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_26_1928_20Front.JPG height: 760 pixels width: 400 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_26_1928_20Front.JPG height: 760 pixels width: 400 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_26_1928_20Front.JPG height: 760 pixels width: 400 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/preview_T_26_1928_20Front.jpg height: 475 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_26_1928_20Reverse.JPG height: 760 pixels width: 400 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_26_1928_20Reverse.JPG height: 760 pixels width: 400 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_26_1928_20Reverse.JPG height: 760 pixels width: 400 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/preview_T_26_1928_20Reverse.jpg height: 475 pixels width: 250 pixels