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Maker: Essex, Eliazbeth
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and eyelet hole stitch. The sampler comprises twelve horizontal bands that contain, alphabets (some with each letter in duplicate), numerals 1-14, an inscription, a name and a date. The inscription reads 'Covnt whats more sweet and/fairer then a flower and yet/it blooms and faids within an/hour Elizabeth Essex her/ sampler November the 18 1724'.
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 21.9 cm
Width: 22.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1724
: George I
bleached
Linen
polychrome
Silk
Weaving
: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and eyelet hole stitch.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.27-1938
Primary reference Number: 110758
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sampler" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110758 Accessed: 2024-12-24 12:27:28
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