Linen white work sampler, by Ursula Slade

An image of Textiles. Whitework sampler. Slade, Ursula (English). The sampler is almost square in shape and is made up of inserted panels of hollie point and needle lace, neatly divided and bordered by repeat patterns in counted satin stitch. The sampler carries the inscription 'VrsVla/Slade' in the middle right panel. Linen embroidered with linen thread in satin and back stitch with hollie point and needle lace insertions. All the edges are hemmed. Length 21.75 cm, width 21 cm, 1728.

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Textiles. Whitework sampler. Slade, Ursula (English). The sampler is almost square in shape and is made up of inserted panels of hollie point and needle lace, neatly divided and bordered by repeat patterns in counted satin stitch. The sampler carries the inscription 'VrsVla/Slade' in the middle right panel. Linen embroidered with linen thread in satin and back stitch with hollie point and needle lace insertions. All the edges are hemmed. Length 21.75 cm, width 21 cm, 1728.

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Accession Number: T.136-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1011 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 237.19kB
Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1

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18th Century back stitch embroidered embroidery English Fitz_AA Georgian hemmed hollie point hollie-point holliepoint holy point linen needle needle point needlepoint needlework needleworking sampler satin stitch square stitched stitches stitching textile Ursula Slade weaving whitework sampler woven

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