IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110714 accession number: T.168-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 20 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Band sampler, canvas, embroidered with polychrome silks and wool in cross and eyelet hole stitch. The sampler comprises 11 horizontal bands of alphabets, numerals, initials, a flowering plant, birds, peacocks, hearts, a tree, a dog, a rabbit, a bush, a woman, fruit baskets, fruit trees, a crow, a man with a stick, a repeat border pattern and the inscription 'Mary Mather aged 13, 1801'. 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/110714 TECHNIQUES ---------- Band sampler, canvas, embroidered with polychrome silks and wool in cross and eyelet hole stitch weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1801 - 1801 creation date earliest: 1801 creation date latest: 1801 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Mather, Mary DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 45.7 dimension: Length units: in value: 18 dimension: Width units: cm value: 20.3 dimension: Width units: in value: 11