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Maker: Wykes, Ellenor
Linen band sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, satin, cross, Montenegrin cross and trellis stitch with detached filling stitches. All the edges are hemmed. The pattern is composed of horizontal bands containing repeat patterns of stylized flowers. In the lower bands the floss silks are worked in bold blocks of colour and the flowers and fruits are organised within geometric meanders or arcades that control the scale of the repeat pattern. The sampler contains two alphabets, one complete the other not, and the name and date: Ellenor Wykes 1656.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Length: 74.5 cm
Length: 30.7/8 in
Width: 19 cm
Width: 7.1/2 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century#
Production date:
AD 1656
The greater range of silks employed in this sampler, in comparison to earlier examples, is an indication of an increasing growth in trade during the seventeenth century. the establishment of the East India company in 1600, followed by other merchant companies, to promote trade with India and the Far East gave the English embroiderers easier access to a wealth of silk threads.
green, pink, blue, orange, yellow, white
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Linen
Weaving
: Linen band sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, satin, cross, Montenegrin cross and trellis stitch with detached filling stitches. All the edges of the sampler are hemmed.
Embroidering
Inscription present: embroidered in dark pink silk
Accession number: T.21-1928
Primary reference Number: 110568
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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