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De Baets Chez M. Clavareau
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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
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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