IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110834 accession number: T.103-1938 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 20 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Linen whitework sampler embroidered with linen thread with a minute quantity of red silk, in satin, chain, buttonhole, double running stitch and French knots. Three of the edges are hemmed and there is a selvedge at the bottom. The sampler is worked in half bands of repeat patterns, both geometric and stylized pictorial. The bottom right band contains the inscription 'ANNO 1774' and the initials 'IC' surmounted by a heart and a coronet. title: sampler LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Longman Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110834 TECHNIQUES ---------- Linen whitework sampler embroidered with linen thread with a minute quantity of red silk, in satin, chain, buttonhole, double running stitch and French knots. Three of the edges are hemmed and there is a selvedge at the bottom. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1774 - 1774 creation date earliest: 1774 creation date latest: 1774 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unidentified DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 42 dimension: Length units: in value: 17 dimension: Width units: cm value: 17.25 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_103_1938.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 400 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/T_103_1938.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 400 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/T_103_1938.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 400 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/preview_T_103_1938.jpg height: 475 pixels width: 250 pixels