IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110703 accession number: T.157-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 20 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Woollen border sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch. There is a double blue line selvedge at the top and bottom and the sides are hemmed with yellow silk. The whole sampler is tacked onto a supporting cotton backing. A repeating strawberry border patterns goes all around the sampler. At the top there are two alphabets, a set of numerals and twelve sets of paired initials, a repeating floral border pattern, an inscription and a wider repeating floral border pattern. The inscription reads' I'LL BE SINCERE UPRIGHT AND TR/UE AT HOME AT SCHOOL AND EL/SE WHERE TO AF.MF.EV.MM.IB'. The main body of the sampler contains a panel supported by two angels and inscribed 'HETTY GRIGG/HAVANT/1761' with a heart and two crowns. At the bottom is a house on a lawn flanked by trees, flowerpots and birds. The remaining space contains a balanced arrangement of detached trees, flower baskets, birds, butterflies, hearts and lozenges, a centrally placed flower spray and the initials 'H G'. object type: Border sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch featuring a strawberry border, two alphabets, numerals and inscription and a panel containing the name of the maker. 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/110703 TECHNIQUES ---------- Woollen border sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch. There is a double blue line selvedge at the top and bottom and the sides are hemmed with yellow silk. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1761 - 1761 creation date earliest: 1761 creation date latest: 1761 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Grigg, Hetty DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 30.5 dimension: Length units: in value: 12.5/8 dimension: Width units: cm value: 21.5 dimension: Width units: in value: 8.5/8 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam title: Sampled Lives: Samplers from the Fitzwilliam Museum CITATIONS -------- English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam Sampled Lives: Samplers from the Fitzwilliam Museum --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_157_1928_1_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 818 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/mid_T_157_1928_1_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 626 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_157_1928_1_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 818 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/preview_T_157_1928_1_201607_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 313 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/955/large_T_157_1928_1_201607_kly25_mas.jpg height: 1399 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/955/mid_T_157_1928_1_201607_kly25_mas.jpg height: 683 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/T.157-1928_1_201607_kly25_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/955/preview_T_157_1928_1_201607_kly25_mas.jpg height: 342 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/955/T_157_1928_1_201607_kly25_mas.ptif height: 6376 pixels width: 4667 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/629/150/large_T_157_1928_1_201607_kly25_dc1.jpg height: 1323 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/629/150/mid_T_157_1928_1_201607_kly25_dc1.jpg height: 646 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/629/150/T_157_1928_1_201607_kly25_dc1.jpg height: 3543 pixels width: 2743 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/629/150/preview_T_157_1928_1_201607_kly25_dc1.jpg height: 323 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/629/150/T_157_1928_1_201607_kly25_dc1.ptif height: 3543 pixels width: 2743 pixels