These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Production: Unidentified
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, Holbein, and satin stitches. The upper section of 7.3/4' is filled with detached motifs including birds, a butterfly, a fish, a fly, a frog, a key, a lion, a stag, a unicorn, a man with a staff. The date, 1648, and the initials 'AS' are placed centrally in the lower part of the section. Below this there are sixteen horizontal bands, 13 of repeat border patterns, 3 containing an upper and lower case alphabet.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Length: 36.1/8 in
Width: 9.1/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century#
Production date:
AD 1648
Weaving
: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, double running, and satin stitches.
Embroidering
Inscription present: embroidered in silk thread
Accession number: T.8-1928
Primary reference Number: 110555
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
Mirador deep zoom
IIIF Manifest
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sampler" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/110555 Accessed: 2024-11-21 21:46:57
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/110555
|title=Sampler
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-21 21:46:57|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-110555
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_8_1928_1_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg"
alt="Sampler"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Sampler</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
