Production: Unidentified
Sampler, coarse linen, embroidered with wool threads in cross and darning stitches. The sampler is formed by two separate pieces of canvas connected by an insertion stitch and a border pattern in darning. The upper section contains alphabets in horizontal bands and a waved stem and bud border pattern. The lower section includes repeat border patterns, flower vases, acorn and sprig design, carnations and the initials 'A CB I'.
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 63.1/2 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1798
Weaving
: Sampler, coarse linen, embroidered with wool threads in cross and darning stitches.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.78-1938
Primary reference Number: 110809
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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