IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110800 accession number: T.69-1938 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 7 May 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Woollen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, four-sided, tent, stem, and satin stitch. The top and bottom are hemmed and there is a selvedge on each side. The central motif of the sampler is framed in a stylized floral border. Inside it there are two horizontally worked alphabets, numerals and an arcaded floral band. The lower part of the central part consists of detached motifs including two trees, 'spot' motif flowers and trees, flowers pots, a few birds and what appears to be a cat. There are also three staff lines and part of a verse in the left corner of this part of the sampler. In the bottom centre a small panel contains the name 'L.Hart' and the date '1672'. object type: Sampler embroidered with polychrome silks where a central motif of alphabets and numerals , spot motifs and three staff lines and part of a verse is framed in a stylized floral border. title: sampler LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Longman Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110800 TECHNIQUES ---------- Woollen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, four-sided, tent, stem, and satin stitch. The top and bottom are hemmed and there is a selvedge on each side. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1672 - 1672 creation date earliest: 1672 creation date latest: 1672 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Hart, L DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 29.5 dimension: Length units: in value: 11.1/2 dimension: Width units: cm value: 32 dimension: Width units: in value: 13 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Samplers CITATIONS -------- Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, Samplers Sampler Exhibition in the Octagon --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/T_69_1938.jpg height: 678 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/mid_T_69_1938.jpg height: 446 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/T_69_1938.jpg height: 678 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/preview_T_69_1938.jpg height: 223 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_69_1938_20Front.jpg height: 680 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/mid_T_69_1938_20Front.jpg height: 447 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_69_1938_20Front.jpg height: 680 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/preview_T_69_1938_20Front.jpg height: 224 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_69_1938_20Reverse.jpg height: 657 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/mid_T_69_1938_20Reverse.jpg height: 432 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_69_1938_20Reverse.jpg height: 657 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/preview_T_69_1938_20Reverse.jpg height: 216 pixels width: 250 pixels