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Production: Unidentified
Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks and silver metal thread in cross, satin, straight, tent and Florentine stitch with couching and drawn thread work. The edges are turned under with hemstitching. The sampler is worked in block, horizontal and vertical bands, which include an alphabet, and the date '1756', a repeat border and geometric patterns enclosing a large flower pot surrounded by small detached motifs, coronets, initials and wreaths containing initials.
History note: Purchased in Copenhagen in 1906
Bequeathed by Mrs H.A. Longman
Length: 29.5 cm
Length: 11.3/4 in
Width: 34 cm
Width: 13.1/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
18th Century, Mid
Production date:
AD 1756
blue, pink, yellow, green, white
Silk
ground
Linen
Silver metal thread
Weaving
: Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks and silver metal thread in cross, satin, straight, tent and Florentine stitch with couching and drawn thread work. The edges are turned under with hemstitching.
Embroidering
Inscription present: embroidered in polychrome silk thread
Accession number: T.80-1938
Primary reference Number: 110811
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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