Maker:
Miller, Mabel Dorothy
Maker:
Ambrose, Olivia
Sampler, made of nine-joined cotton, linen and wool panels sewn and embroidered with polychrome cotton threads and brown wool. One panel is made of red wool and embroidered with white cotton, one is made of 'stocking web' with an irregular darning pattern; one is a purple and white check cotton with patches of rough darning. The bottom edge is finished with a frill; the sides are bound, overstitched or hemmed. The sampler comprises plain sewing examples of seaming, patching, buttonhole, eyelet holes, running, back, cross, feather and chain stitches and buttonhole bars. The sampler also has four alphabets, two sets of numerals and twice the name 'Olivia Ambrose' worked.
Bequeathed by M. Dorothy Miller
Frill: 3 cm
Frill: 1.1/4 in
Length: 138.5 cm
Length: 54.1/2 in
Width: 22.75 cm
Width: 9 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1995-01-23) by Miller, Mabel Dorothy
19th Century
Possibly
1880
CE
-
Possibly
1890
CE
brown
Wool thread
polychrome
Cotton thread
Cotton
Wool
Linen
Weaving
: Sampler, made of nine-joined cotton, linen and wool panels sewn and embroidered with polychrome cotton threads and brown wool. The bottom edge is finished with a frill; the sides are bound, overstitched or hemmed. The sampler comprises plain sewing examples of seaming, patching, buttonhole, eyelet holes, running, back, cross, feather and chain stitches and buttonhole bars
Embroidering
Hemming
Overstitching
Inscription present: twice
Accession number: T.2-1995
Primary reference Number: 81890
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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