IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110848 accession number: T.117-1938 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 20 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch. All the edges are hemmed. The design of the sampler is a combination of stylized geometric motifs and a large naturalistic cockerel worked on the right-hand side of the piece. Textural interest is achieved by the judicious mixing of cross-stitch over single and double threads. The central lozenge shape contains the initials 'P.C.O.' (horizontally) and 'J.C.G' (vertically). 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/110848 TECHNIQUES ---------- Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch. All the edges are hemmed. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1850 - 1901 creation date earliest: 1850 creation date latest: 1901 culture: 19th Century, Mid-Late CREATORS -------- maker: Unidentified DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 30 dimension: Length units: in value: 11.3/4 dimension: Width units: cm value: 60 dimension: Width units: in value: 24 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_117_1938.jpg height: 380 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/mid_T_117_1938.jpg height: 250 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/T_117_1938.jpg height: 380 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/preview_T_117_1938.jpg height: 125 pixels width: 250 pixels