English embroidered spot motif sampler

Embroidery/Spot motif sampler. Unidentified Maker. Probably worked by Mary (b. 1608), daughter of Amyas Chichester; or Mary (b. 1615) or Margaret (b. 1619), daughters of Henry Chichester of Arlington Devon. Embroidered on linen with polychrome silks in tent, cross, long-armed cross, back, chain, eyelet, rococo and faggot stitch with pulled work. Silver and silver-guilt thread is worked in braid and interlacing stitches, and there is laid and couched work with one spangle. Three of the edges are hemmed and there is a selvedge with a single blue line on the right side. Length 42.25 cm, width 27 cm, circa 1620-circa 1640. England, Devonshire.

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• Accession Number: T.2-1928
• Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
• Aperture: f/16.0
• Focal length: 80
• Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
• Photographer name: Amy Jugg
• Image height: 1025 pixels
• Image width: 692 pixels
• Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
• Filesize: 886.31kB
• Exposure time: 1/60
• ISO Speed: 100
• Fnumber: 16/1
• Captured: 2013:06:06 14:51:15

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