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Production: Unidentified
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in buttonhole, double back, eyelet hole, Holbein and satin stitch. The sampler comprises eleven horizontal bands separated by narrow repeat border designs. The top ten bands are made up of repeat border patterns; band eleven contains the date ' April 24 1704' and, initials 'MY EG' and a short length of repeat border design.
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 80.7 cm
Width: 61 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1704
: Queen Anne
polychrome
Silk
unbleached
Linen
Weaving
: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in buttonhole, double back, eyelet hole, Holbein and satin stitch
Embroidering
Inscription present: embroidered in silk thread in eyelet hole stitch
Accession number: T.22-1938
Primary reference Number: 110753
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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