Production: Unidentified
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch. The sampler is divided into four sections. The first band contains some 33 detached motifs including birds (owl, peacock, parrot on a perch), coronets, crowns, flowers in a vase, fruit trees (one with two birds on it, one with two dogs below it) and a wreath with the initials 'CSD. The second and third bands depict crowns, three alphabets and numerals (1-8, 1-9, 1-13). The final band has about 20 repeat border designs worked.
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 44 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1756
Max Width 11 in
Weaving
: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch
Embroidering
Accession number: T.100-1938
Primary reference Number: 110831
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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