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Maker: Billingsley, Elizabeth
Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, cross, long-armed cross, Montenegrin cross, arrowhead cross, satin and trellis stitch. All four sides are hemmed. There are seventeen bands, mainly floral repeat border patterns,with some geometric horizontal repeat border patterns, one containing 'boxers'. Two bands contain the inscription 'ELIzAbetH BILLINgzley Her/ ZAMPLer FINIzhed the 19 IVLY/1653'.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Length: 72 cm
Length: 29.3/4 in
Width: 19 cm
Width: 7.7/8 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Mid#
Production date:
AD 1653
: Commonwealth
The sampler may have been worked from both ends
Weaving
: Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, cross, long-armed cross, Montenegrin cross, arrowhead cross, satin and trellis stitch. All four sides are hemmed
Embroidering
Inscription present: embroidered in silk thread
Accession number: T.17-1928
Primary reference Number: 110564
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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