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Maker: Pain, Elizabeth
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, double running and satin stitch. The sampler comprises eight horizontal bands which are mainly filled with repeat border patterns except the top band which has an alphabet worked in cross stitch in an otherwise blank space.Name inscribed in 4th band.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Length: 80 cm
Length: 31.1/2 in
Width: 20.6 cm
Width: 8.1/8 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century#
Production date:
AD 1667
: Charles II
Weaving
: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, double running and satin stitch
Embroidering
Accession number: T.37-1928
Primary reference Number: 110583
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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