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Maker: Seward, Eliabeth
Band sampler, yellow linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, cross and filling stitches with detached needle lace stitches. There is a selvedge to the bottom edge, the other edges are turned under and stitched. The sampler comprises 12 horizontal bands of repeat geometric and stylized floral and figurative patterns, two alphabets, the date '1668' and the inscription 'ELIZABETH SEWARD'.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Length: 33.1/4 in
Width: 8.3/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century#
Production date:
AD 1668
: Charles II
Weaving
: TBand sampler, yellow linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, cross and filling stitches with detached needle lace stitches. There is a selvedge to the bottom edge, the other edges are turned under and stitched.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.42-1928
Primary reference Number: 110588
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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