IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110643 accession number: T.97-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 20 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Band sampler, linen, worked with linen thread in double hem, counted satin, double running, back and Algerian eye stitch with detached buttonhole bars. Plain selvedge at top, other edges hemmed. The sampler comprises 13 horizontal bands of repeat patterns with cut and drawn work, needle weaving and needle lace filling stitches. Bands contain mainly geometric patterns, irregularly arranged,several incomplete. The inscription in the top right corner reads 'A M'. 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/110643 TECHNIQUES ---------- Linen, whitework, band sampler worked with linen thread in hem, counted satin, double running, back and Algerian eye stitch with detached buttonhole bars. There is cut and drawn work with needle weaving and needle point lace filling stitches. There is a plain selvedge at the top and the other edges are hemmed. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering TECHNIQUES ---------- cut and drawn work CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1701 - 1730 creation date earliest: 1701 creation date latest: 1730 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unidentified DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 48 dimension: Length units: in value: 19.1/2 dimension: Width units: cm value: 19.25 dimension: Width units: in value: 7 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam title: Samplers CITATIONS -------- English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam Sampler Exhibition in the Octagon ---