IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110633 accession number: T.87-1928 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 and eyelet stitch. White linen thread is worked in counted satin and double running stitch. There is a selvedge at the bottom and the other edges are hemmed. The sampler is arranged into twelve horizontal sections divided by narrow repeating geometric border patterns. There are five coloured alphabets, one of whitework, a set of numerals 1-14 and in the centre of the ninth section a panel with two lions flanking a crowned 'WR'. The inscripton reads' RATher DePeNd UPON YOVr FIng/ers eNds TheN FIX YOUr EXPeCT/ATION ON YOUr FrIeNds E SIMPSON', 'My WIshes Are bUT FUe AIL EAS/Ie TOO FULfIL I MAKe The LIMITS/ of My POWer The BOUNds UNTO/MY WILL ELIZAbeTh SIMPSON', ' ChILdreN Obey Your PAreNTS','FeAr GOd HONour The KINg', ' I FeeL NO CAre of COIN WelL doING/IS My WeATh My MINd TO Me AN/eMPIre IS WhiLe GrAce AfordeTh/ HeALTh. ELIZAbeTh SIMPSON/NOVeMBer THe NINeTeeNTh ONe/ThouSANd SIX HUNdred NENeTY/ ANd EIghT 1698. AETATIS EIghT'. object type: Band sampler, linen, worked in polychrome silks in double running, cross, Montenegrin cross and eyelet stitch, with six alphabets, a set of numerals, and various inscriptions. 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/110633 TECHNIQUES ---------- Linen band sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, cross, Montenegrin cross and eyelet stitch. White linen thread is worked in counted satin and double running stitch. There is a selvedge at the bottom and the other edges are hemmed. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1698 - 1698 creation date earliest: 1698 creation date latest: 1698 culture: 17th Century# CREATORS -------- maker: Sipsone, Elizabeth DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 37 dimension: Length units: in value: 15 dimension: Width units: cm value: 21.5 dimension: Width units: in value: 8.3/4 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam title: The Dutch Connection title: Sampled Lives: Samplers from the Fitzwilliam Museum CITATIONS -------- English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam The Dutch Connection: The Founding of the Fitzwilliam Museum Sampled Lives: Samplers from the Fitzwilliam Museum --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_87_1928_1_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 646 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/mid_T_87_1928_1_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 793 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_87_1928_1_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 646 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/preview_T_87_1928_1_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 396 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_87_1928_2_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 619 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/mid_T_87_1928_2_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 302 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_87_1928_2_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 619 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/preview_T_87_1928_2_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 151 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/507/504/large_T_87_1928_1_201607_kly25_mas.jpg height: 1409 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/507/504/mid_T_87_1928_1_201607_kly25_mas.jpg height: 688 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/T.87-1928_1_201607_kly25_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/507/504/preview_T_87_1928_1_201607_kly25_mas.jpg height: 344 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/507/504/T_87_1928_1_201607_kly25_mas.ptif height: 6252 pixels width: 4543 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/507/510/large_T_87_1928_2_201607_kly25_mas.jpg height: 619 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/507/510/mid_T_87_1928_2_201607_kly25_mas.jpg height: 302 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/T.87-1928_2_201607_kly25_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/507/510/preview_T_87_1928_2_201607_kly25_mas.jpg height: 151 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/507/510/T_87_1928_2_201607_kly25_mas.ptif height: 3924 pixels width: 6496 pixels