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Linen sampler embroidered in polychrome silks and silver metal thread worked in back, tent, cross, stem, eyelet, eye, faggot, rococo, Rumanian, ladder, braid and plaited braid stitch with bullion knots. There is a single blue line selvedge at the top and bottom of the sampler and the sides are hemmed. The spot motifs are both floral, including a rose, oak leaf, acorn and strawberry and geometrical including interlaced work, S- shapes and a swastika. There is some all-over work.
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 50 cm
Length: 20 in
Width: 23.75 cm
Width: 9.1/2 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
17th Century#
After
1601
CE
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Before
1701
CE
polychrome
Silk
unbleached
Linen
Silver metal thread
Weaving
: Linen sampler embroidered in polychrome silks and silver metal thread worked in back, tent, cross, stem, eyelet, eye, faggot, rococo, Rumanian, ladder, braid and plaited braid stitch with bullion knots.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.1-1938
Primary reference Number: 110732
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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