IDENTIFIERS
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id:	225658
accession number:	T.7-2018

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Wednesday 14 November 2018
updated:	Wednesday 7 May 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Linen embroidered with polychrome silks (very faded) in cross, eyelet and double running stitch.
21.5cm x 39.5cm
8 1/2&quot; x 15 1/2&quot;

Sampler divided into bands by small scale repeat pattern bands. At the top a flower/stem/acorn repeat pattern band. Beneath are  bands of upper and lower case alphabets and numerals including the initials CH flanked by hearts and the date 1739. The dominant bands are of an embellished upper case alphabet typical of Scottish samplers. The final band comprises a line of crowns and coronets with the appropriate initials for each order of nobility.

Purchased Watlington, 1996.
title:	sampler

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Butcher Collection

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225658





CATEGORIES
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category: embroidery

DATING
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DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 21

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 39