Maker: Pitts, Elizabeth
Pictorial sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, chain and satin stitch. There is a selvedge on both sides and the top and bottom are turned under and stitched. A stylized carnation border surrounds the main body of the sampler and encloses a female figure in contemporary costume; her head and upper body are of printed card partially decorated with embroidery and stitched to the ground. She is surrounded by detached, symmetrically arranged motifs including buckets of fruits, dogs, peacocks, squirrels, swans and flower vases.
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 16.1/4 in
Width: 13.1/8 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
19th Century, Early#
Production date:
AD 1837
: Victorian
Weaving
: Border sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, chain and satin stitch. There is a selvedge on both sides and the top and bottom are turned under and stitched.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.63-1938
Primary reference Number: 110794
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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