Production: Unknown
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, darning, eyelet hole, faggot, hem, Holbein, running, satin and drawn fabric stitches. The sampler is divided into 23 horizontal bands which include repeat border patterns of various widths, bands with detached motifs and a wide band filled with triangles containing all-over patterns in drawn fabric and satin stitches.
History note: Purchased in Seville, 1904, by Helen Freeman and sold to the donor for £2.10 in 1906
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 41 in
Width: 9.1/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
18th Century
After
1701
-
Before
1800
Weaving
: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, darning, eyelet hole, faggot, hem, Holbein, running, satin and drawn fabric stitches.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.122-1938
Primary reference Number: 110853
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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