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Maker: Bridon, Frances
Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, cross, Montenegrin Cross, satin, detached overcast and trellis stitch, with detached needlepoint lace filling stitches. There are fourteen bands, ten of horizontal repeating border patterns, mainly floral but some including birds with a bead for an eye, 'boxers' and a repeating hand motif. The upper four bands contain an alphabet and the inscription 'EterA/ FRANCeS BRIdON Oct 31/MD 1644 Aged 10'.
Dr J.W.L Glaisher Bequest
Length: 86.25 cm
Length: 35.1/4 in
Width: 18.5 cm
Width: 7.1/2 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Mid#
Charles I
Production date:
AD 1644
: dated
eyes of the birds
Beads (glass)
ground
Linen
polychrome
Silk
Weaving
: Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, cross, Montenegrin Cross, satin, detached overcast and trellis stitch, with detached needlepoint lace filling stitches
Embroidering
Needle point lace
Inscription present: embroidered in silk thread
Accession number: T.5-1928
Primary reference Number: 110552
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sampler" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/110552 Accessed: 2024-11-22 04:00:36
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