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Linen band sampler embroidered with linen thread and a small amount of coloured silk and silver metal thread in hem, double running and satin stitch; there is some cut and drawn work with needle weaving and needlepoint lace filling stitches. There is a plain selvedge at the bottom, the sides are hemmed and the top is buttonholed. The whitework sampler is divided into fifteen horizontally arranged bands with a variety of geometric and floral motifs and two pictorial sections. The wider one of these sections depicts Judith, her maid and the head of Holofernes; the other a mermaid. All the figures have silk and metal thread detailing.
Mrs H.A Longman Bequest
Length: 67.5 cm
Length: 27.3/4 in
Width: 13.5 cm
Width: 5.1/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
17th Century#
After
1601
CE
-
Before
1701
CE
The sampler has possibly been cut and is there fore incomplete
detailing
Silk
detailing
Silver metal thread
ground and thread
Linen
Weaving
: Linen band sampler embroidered with linen thread and a small amount of coloured silk and silver metal thread in hem, double running and satin stitch; there is some cut and drawn work with needle weaving and needlepoint lace filling stitches. There is a plain selvedge at the bottom, the sides are hemmed and the top is buttonholed.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.11-1938
Primary reference Number: 110742
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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