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Maker: Coventry, Elizabeth
Sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, satin and stem stitch. The sampler has two tablets containing the 10 commandments, above them a winged cherubs head. To the left stands Moses with a rod and to the right Aaron robed as a high priest. Below each tablet sits a freely designed and worked spray of flowers.
Dr J.W.L Glaisher Bequest
Length: 125.5 cm
Width: 80.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1727
: George II
polychrome
Silk
unbleached
Linen
Weaving
: Sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, satin and stem stitch
Embroidering
Accession number: T.134-1928
Primary reference Number: 110680
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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