IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 225686 accession number: T.19-2018 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Wednesday 21 November 2018 updated: Thursday 14 November 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Cotton, embroidered with polychrome silks in minute cross stitch. 38.75cm x 44.5cm 15 1/4" x17 1/2" Inscribed "Alice M Potts aged 15 1887" at the centre bottom of the sampler. At the top bands of upper and lower case alphabets (8), pairs of initials (KP DP AP MP HS WP CMN), presumably family members, also some small repeat pattern bands The remainder of the sampler comprises symetrically arranged detached motifs set about a central axis of similar motifs: geometric, floral, heraldic etc. All enclosed by a narrow geometric border. title: sampler LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Butcher Collection STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225686 CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 37 dimension: Width units: cm value: 42.5