Maker: Unknown
Net, embroidered with linen thread in many varieties of darning and running stitches forming lace patterns and fillings. The sampler comprises a map of England and Wales, with the degrees of latitude and longitude worked. Each county is filled by a different pattern, those in England are numbered, those in Wales lettered. A key to these is mounted upon rose coloured silk.
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 42.5 cm
Length: 16.3/4 in
Width: 41.9 cm
Width: 16.1/2 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
After 1780 - Before 1830
rose
Silk
square weave
Net
Linen thread
Weaving
: Net, embroidered with linen thread in many varieties of darning and running stitches forming lace patterns and fillings
Embroidering
Accession number: T.141-1938
Primary reference Number: 110866
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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