IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110585 accession number: T.39-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 17 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Linen band sampler embroidered in polychrome silks in double running, cross, long armed cross, Montenegrin cross, chain, satin, herringbone and whipped stem stitch, Algerian eye, hem and trellis stitch with detached needlepoint filling stitches and some couching. There is a plain selvedge at the bottom, the other edges are hemmed. The sampler is divided into twenty-two bands; the upper twelve of horizontal repeat floral border patterns which include detached and padded work. Beneath these is a wide pictorial band of a man and a women holding hands beneath an arbour of vines with a tree either side and various detached motifs of birds and butterflies; in the foreground there are two dogs, a cat, a rabbit and a frog. The inscription beneath reads 'I AM A MAID BVT YOVNG MY SKILL/IS Yet BVT SMALL BVT GOD/ I HOP WILL BLeS Me SO I MAY LIVe/ TO MeND THIS ALL RACHeL LOADer/ WROVGHT THIS SAMPLeR BeING/ TWeLVe YeARS OVLD THe TeNTH/ DAY DeSeMBeR 1666 H L'. The last two bands are worked in geometric repeating patterns. object type: Band sampler worked in polychrome silks embroidered in a variety of stitches, depicting floral border patterns which include detached and padded work, a pictorial band and an inscription. 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/110585 TECHNIQUES ---------- Linen band sampler embroidered in polychrome silks in double running, cross, long armed cross, Montenegrin cross, chain, satin, herringbone and whipped stem stitch, Algerian eye, hem and trellis stitch with detached needlepoint filling stitches and some couching. There is a plain selvedge at the bottom, the other edges are hemmed. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- couching (embroidering) TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1666 - 1666 creation date earliest: 1666 creation date latest: 1666 culture: 17th Century# CREATORS -------- maker: Loader, Rachel DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 82 dimension: Length units: in value: 33 dimension: Width units: cm value: 20.25 dimension: Width units: in value: 8.1/2 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_39_1928_1_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 317 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: 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