IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110840 accession number: T.109-1938 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, four-sided, and hem stitches. The edges are turned under and hemstitched. The sampler is made up of horizontal bands featuring a waved stem, acorn and leaf border pattern, narrow repeat border designs, alphabets, numerals, a wreath with the initials 'A I G' and the date '1826', two winged figures, an angel, a male figure above the initials 'E T', trees, a rainbow, the Temptation of Adam and Eve and an unfinished coat of arms. title: sampler NOTES ----- type: history note value: given to the donor by J.E. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110840 TECHNIQUES ---------- Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, four-sided, and hem stitches. The edges are turned under and hemstitched. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1826 - 1826 creation date earliest: 1826 creation date latest: 1826 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unidentified maker: Unknown