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Maker: De Baets Chez M. Clavareau
Linen darning sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in pattern darning and cross-stitch. The edges of the sampler are glued to a board. The sampler contains twelve damask darn pattern blocks, arranged in three regular rows of four. These are enclosed in a wide and naturalistic floral border. Underneath the bottom row and inscription which reads 'De Baets Chez M. Clavareau' is worked in cross-stitch.
Bequeathed by Lady St John hope
Length: 46 cm
Length: 18 in
Width: 49.25 cm
Width: 19 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1952-10-23) by Hope, St John, Lady
19th century
Production date:
AD 1843
The inscription which combines a Flemish and French name suggests this piece was made somewhere in what is now northern France.
pink, green, blue, white, yellow
Silk
Linen
Damask
Weaving
: Linen darning sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in pattern darning and cross-stitch. The edges of the sampler are glued to a board.
Darning
Embroidering
Accession number: T.16-1952
Primary reference Number: 110915
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022) "Sampler" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110915 Accessed: 2022-12-08 10:55:08
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