Production: Ewersten, Catharina Elizabeth
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch. The sampler is divided into horizontal bands .The top ones feature an alphabet, the name 'Catharina Elisabeth Ewersten'. the remainder of the sampler is covered evenly with about 15 detached designs including a flower pot, a towered building, crowns, flowers and a lion. the sampler also includes the inscriptions 'MIR MIR SOLA' and 'EIN DER FRIEDE'.
History note: Given to the donor by J.E.
Mrs H.A. longman Bequest
Length: 7.5/8 in
Width: 8.3/8 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1757
Inscription present: embroidered in polychrome silk threads
Accession number: T.101-1938
Primary reference Number: 110832
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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