IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110865
accession number:	T.139-1938

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Friday 17 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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.
title:	sampler

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: Given by George de Menasce

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110865





TECHNIQUES
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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.
weaving
TECHNIQUES
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embroidering
TECHNIQUES
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drawn thread work

CATEGORIES
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category: embroidery

DATING
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creation date:	1719 - 1719
creation date earliest:	1719
creation date latest:	1719
culture:	18th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Sperinck, Johanna

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 24.5

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 22



CITATIONS
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Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, Samplers
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IMAGES

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width: 701 pixels

surrogate: mid
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width: 500 pixels

surrogate: original
format: jpeg
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width: 701 pixels

surrogate: preview
format: jpeg
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width: 250 pixels