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Production: Unidentified
Sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, tent, long and short, eyelet and rococo stitch with French knots. The edges are turned under and stitched. There are repeat pattern borders to either side of the sampler with an alphabet at the top and the inscription 'AO 1742' at the bottom. There are other groups of initials distributed amongst the various floral and figurative detached motifs.
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 13.1/2 in
Width: 11.1/2 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1742
Weaving
: Sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, tent, long and short, eyelet and rococo stitch with French knots. The edges are turned under and stitched.
Embroidering
Inscription present: embroidered in silk thread
Accession number: T.79-1938
Primary reference Number: 110810
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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