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Production: Sperinck, Johanna
Linen white work sampler embroidered with linen and silk threads in buttonhole and chain stitch with drawn thread work and hollie point fillings. The sampler has raw edges with remnants of a border pattern and a hem on the left side. The pattern consists of a female figure with a bird seated on her hand, she is standing on a small mount and is surrounded by large flowers and leaves made out of drawn thread work which resembles Dresden work or Point de Saxe. Inside the mound the inscription reads 'March 13 1719/ Iohanna Sperinck'. The date is plainly English however the name is not.
Given by George de Menasce
Length: 24.5 cm
Width: 22 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1956-09-25) by de Menasce, George
18th Century, Early#
Production date:
AD 1719
The combination of continental and English white work techniques with a similarly mixed inscription suggests either a young woman whose family had settled in England or one who has come from the continent to work as a governess.
embroidery
Silk
ground and thread
Linen
Weaving
: Linen white work sampler embroidered with linen and silk threads in buttonhole and chain stitch with drawn thread work and hollie point fillings. The sampler has raw edges with remnants of a border pattern and a hem on the left side.
Embroidering
Drawn thread work
Accession number: T.139-1938
Primary reference Number: 110865
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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