IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110936 accession number: T.2-1988 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 28 August 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Sampler, cotton, embroidered with linen thread in hem, running and back satin stitch. Pink, violet, light violet, mid-green, light green, light turquoise and ochre cotton thread is worked in stem, whipped stem, feather, single feather, double knot, cross, buttonhole, knotted buttonhole, long and short buttonhole, herringbone, satin Rumanian, daisy, French knot and various small filling stitches. The sampler is decorated with tassels, simple braiding, plaiting, ribbon bows and threaded insertions and with some examples of drawn thread work, tucks, seams and insertion stitches. Bands of lace or broderie Anglaise join the six panels and the whole is backed by pink tissue paper. Four panels are worked with horizontal bands of stitching; the fifth is decorated with symbols of the Crucifixion and the badge and emblems of the worker's convent school. The sixth is decorated with three stylized figures of little girls and seven detached motifs. title: sampler LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Miss Audrey Addison STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110936 TECHNIQUES ---------- Sampler, cotton, embroidered with linen thread in hem, running and back satin stitch. Pink, violet, light violet, mid-green, light green, light turquoise and ochre cotton thread is worked in stem, whipped stem, feather, single feather, double knot, cross, buttonhole, knotted buttonhole, long and short buttonhole, herringbone, satin Rumanian, daisy, French knot and various small filling stitches. The sampler is decorated with tassels, simple braiding, plaiting, ribbon bows and threaded insertions and with some examples of drawn thread work, tucks, seams and insertion stitches. Bands of lace or broderie Anglaise join the six panels and the whole is backed by pink tissue paper weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- lace TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering TECHNIQUES ---------- drawn thread work TECHNIQUES ---------- plaiting TECHNIQUES ---------- braiding TECHNIQUES ---------- backing (textile) CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1923 - 1926 creation date earliest: 1923 creation date latest: 1926 culture: 20th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Addison, Audrey DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 203.2 dimension: Length units: in value: 80 dimension: Width units: cm value: 30.3 dimension: Width units: in value: 11.7/8