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Production: Unknown
Sampler, coarse linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, back, double hem, hem and satin stitch. There are two rows of double hemstitch at the top and bottom of the canvas. The sampler features an alphabet in eyelet hole and satin stitch. Below this small, detached motifs are worked including a ship with a crew of eight, two anchors and a boat, trees a woman spinning and a peacock.
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 6.1/2 in
Width: 26 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
18th Century
After
1701
CE
-
Before
1800
CE
Weaving
: Sampler, coarse linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, back, double hem, hem and satin stitch. There are two rows of double hemstitch at the top and bottom of the canvas
Embroidering
Accession number: T.89-1938
Primary reference Number: 110820
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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