IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110737 accession number: T.6-1938 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 7 May 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks and silver metal thread in buttonhole, cross, double back, Holbein, lace filling and satin stitches with some laid and couched work. The sampler comprises five horizontal bands, which are mainly filled with repeat border patterns. The top band includes 'boxers'. title: sampler NOTES ----- type: history note value: Purchased by the donor from Miss Culter, London 1897 and exhibited at The Fine Art Society's Exhibition of Old Needlework. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110737 TECHNIQUES ---------- Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks and silver metal thread in buttonhole, cross, double back, Holbein, lace filling and satin stitches with some laid and couched work weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- couching (embroidering) TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1601 - 1700 creation date earliest: 1601 creation date latest: 1700 culture: 17th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 46.3 dimension: Length units: in value: 18.1/4 dimension: Width units: cm value: 17.1 dimension: Width units: in value: 6.3/4