Maker: Hellier, Ann
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch. The sampler comprises 14 horizontal bands which contain repeat border patterns, alphabets, crowns and coronets, birds on a flowering plant between flower pots, a tree in a tub, a man, and the inscription ' Ann Hellier in ye 13 years of her age 1732'. Below this inscription a house with closed shutters and a crow on the roof, a crescent moon in the sky, a tree with two birds in it and a dog and a sheep next to it, and a woman with a spindle and distaff standing next to a tree are worked in polychrome silks.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Length: 16.8 cm
Width: 21.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1732
: George II
Weaving
: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch
Embroidering
Accession number: T.140-1928
Primary reference Number: 110686
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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