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Maker: Eliza Hall
Cotton sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, satin, chain and stem stitch with a little couching. The edges are bound with green watered silk ribbon. A repeating strawberry border encloses a picture of a house and garden with underneath it and inscription which reads ' Eliza Hall Chip: Norton'.
History note: Bought from the Fine Art Society, 1900
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 14 cm
Length: 5.1/2 in
Width: 12 cm
Width: 4.3/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
18th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1795
: George III
ground
Cotton
polychrome threads
Silk
ribbon
Silk
Weaving
: Cotton border sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, satin, chain and stem stitch with a little couching. The edges are bound with green watered silk ribbon.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.45-1938
Primary reference Number: 110776
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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