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Production: Unknown
Cotton sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch. It is bound to a paper backing by a pink satin ribbon. The sampler depicts a conventional, symmetrical arrangement of detached motifs, mostly stylized flower and plant pots, birds, small animals and flowers, and is framed by a stylized floral border.
History note: Bought from Miss Millard 1903, £3.3
Longman Bequest
Length: 35 cm
Length: 14 in
Width: 31.5 cm
Width: 12.1/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
19th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1830
ground
Cotton
polychrome
Silk
ribbon
Satin
Weaving
: Cotton sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch. It is bound to a paper backing by a pink satin ribbon.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.60-1938
Primary reference Number: 110791
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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