IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110824 accession number: T.93-1938 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 20 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Linen band sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, back, and satin stitch. The edges are finished with buttonhole stitch.The pattern is arranged in seven horizontal bands. The first contains stylized flowers, the second an alphabet in blue and pink silks, the third contains two highly stylized flower arrangements and a wreath with the initials 'IHS' inside it and a small dog and lion beneath it. The third band depicts the Agnus Dei, symbols of passion (including the cross and carpenters tools), the double headed royal Eagle and the date 1674, the initial 'WE' are placed on either side of the wreath. The fourth band depicts a peacock, a coat of arm in a wreath and a parrot on a leafy branch. The bottom band depicts a large vase of flowers surrounded by large individual flowers. object type: Band sampler, linen embroidered with polychrome silks with an alphabet, flowers and other motifs including the Lamb of God, Instruments of the Passion, coat of arms, peacock and a large flower vase. title: sampler LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Bequeathed by Mrs H.A. Longman STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110824 TECHNIQUES ---------- Linen band sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, back, and satin stitch. The edges are finished with buttonhole stitch. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1674 - 1674 creation date earliest: 1674 creation date latest: 1674 culture: 17th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: Unidentified DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 32 dimension: Length units: in value: 12.5/8 dimension: Width units: cm value: 18 dimension: Width units: in value: 6.7/8 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_93_1938.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 494 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/T_93_1938.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 494 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/T_93_1938.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 494 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/preview_T_93_1938.jpg height: 385 pixels width: 250 pixels