IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110929 accession number: T.6-1982 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 30 September 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks and gilt metal thread in tent, cross and long and short stitch combined with laid and couched work which completely covers the ground. The four seasons are represented by panels in each corner and smaller triangular panels which contain floral and figurative motifs are arranged around a central rectangle containing the verse' With light and song/comes sweet spring/golden sun ushers in/ balmy summer days/ autumn winds blow/ the tide ever flows/ winter brings snow/ which everyone knows'. The seasons are depicted as follows; Spring is a winged young boy blowing pipes to a background of trees in bloom, Summer is represented by a lady in a red an pink crinoline dress holding a parasol, Autumn is depicted by a girl dancing in the breeze and Winter is an old man in a purple gown in a snowy landscape. At the bottom of the piece is a tiny inscription which reads '1926 C.M. Thompson age 17'. object type: Sampler worked in polychrome silks depicting the four seasons. title: sampler LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Bequeathed by Mr Christopher William Mansfield STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110929 TECHNIQUES ---------- Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks and gilt metal thread in tent, cross and long and short stitch combined with laid and couched work which completely covers the ground. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering TECHNIQUES ---------- laid and couched work CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1926 - 1926 creation date earliest: 1926 creation date latest: 1926 culture: 20th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Thompson, C. M. DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 53 dimension: Width units: cm value: 44.75 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Samplers CITATIONS -------- Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, Samplers Sampler Exhibition in the Octagon --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/T_6_1982.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 647 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/mid_T_6_1982.jpg height: 587 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/T_6_1982.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 647 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/preview_T_6_1982.jpg height: 294 pixels width: 250 pixels