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Maker: Le Gay, Fanny
Rectangular map sampler, fine cotton embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch. The sampler is edged with cotton tape. The map depicts the European continent and the edges of the neighbouring territories of Asia and Africa. As well as national boundaries of the era, major towns, rivers, seas and mountain ranges are included. The whole set on a marked grid of the lines of latitude and longitude. a rectangular panel in the left-hand corner encloses the inscription 'Carte d'Europe Presentée A.M. Le comte Fourcroy Conseilleur d'état à vie, directeur 9th de Instruction Publique, Membre de l'Institut etc. 1809'. A smaller panel in the bottom left corner reads ' Fanny Le Gay (de Rouen) fecit. The map is framed by a stylized scroll and leaf border.
Mrs H.A Longman Bequest
Length: 64 cm
Length: 23.3/8 in
Width: 77 cm
Width: 28.1/2 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
19th Century, Early#
Production date:
AD 1809
polychrome
Silk
Cotton gauze
Weaving
: Square map sampler in cotton gauze embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch. The sampler is edged with cotton tape.
Embroidering
Inscription present: embroidered in mustard yellow silk thread
Inscription present: embroidered in mustard yellow silk thread
Accession number: T.143-1938
Primary reference Number: 110868
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sampler" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110868 Accessed: 2024-11-05 13:55:14
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