IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110844
accession number:	T.113-1938

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 20 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Sampler, linen, embroidered with blue and pink silk in cross-stitch.  The edges are fringed.  The piece depicts an alphabet, numerals and the inscription 'MARIA ALESSI FECE L'ANNO 1800' worked within a narrow border pattern.
title:	sampler

NOTES
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type: history note
value: purchased in Italy in 1904


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Mrs H.A. longman Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110844





TECHNIQUES
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Sampler, linen, embroidered with blue and pink silk in cross-stitch.  The edges are fringed.
weaving
TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: embroidery

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Alessi, Maria

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: in
value: 6

dimension: Width
units: in
value: 14



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Samplers
CITATIONS
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Sampler Exhibition in the Octagon
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