English spot motif sampler with squirrels and strawberries

An image of Spot motif sampler. Unknown production, England. There is a single blue selvedge at the top and bottom and the sides are hemmed. About thirty detached geometric and floral motifs and all-over patterns, including one of a squirrel and strawberries. Linen sampler embroidered with coloured silk threads worked in tent, cross, rice, double running, faggot, rococo and Hungarian stitch. There is a single blue selvedge at the top and bottom and the sides are hemmed. Length 52 cm, width 21.25 cm, after 1601 to before 1701.

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Spot motif sampler. Unknown production, England. There is a single blue selvedge at the top and bottom and the sides are hemmed. About thirty detached geometric and floral motifs and all-over patterns, including one of a squirrel and strawberries. Linen sampler embroidered with coloured silk threads worked in tent, cross, rice, double running, faggot, rococo and Hungarian stitch. There is a single blue selvedge at the top and bottom and the sides are hemmed. Length 52 cm, width 21.25 cm, after 1601 to before 1701.

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Accession Number: T.10-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 462 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 628.45kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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17th Century berries double running stitch embroidered embroidery English faggot stitch Fitz_AA floral fruits geometric hemmed Hungarian stitch linen polychrome rice stitch rococo stitch running stitch sampler selvedge silks spot motif sampler squirrels stitching strawberries strawberry tent stitch textile weaving woven

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