IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110693 accession number: T.147-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 20 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, buttonhole, double running and satin stitch. The edges are buttonholed. The sampler comprises 23 horizontal bands which include an alphabet and lettering, numerals, repeat border patterns, crowns and coronets, flowering plants and flowers, the name and date 'Elizabeth Dainty 1742', and the inscription 'Flavour is deceitfull and beauty is vain but a woman/that Feareth the Lord She shall be PraiSed. Many/Daugthers have done virtuouSly but thou excelleSt/ them all. proverbs Chapter xxxi verSes 29 and 30',' Elizabeth Dainty Wrought this Sampler Anno/Domini 1742 in the ninth year of her Age'. 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/110693 TECHNIQUES ---------- Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, buttonhole, Holbein and satin stitch weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1742 - 1742 creation date earliest: 1742 creation date latest: 1742 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Dainty, Elizabeth DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 77.7 dimension: Width units: cm value: 24.1