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Maker: Potter, Elizabeth
Linen whitework sampler embroidered with linen thread in eyelet, double running, hem, stem and counted satin stitch, cut and drawn work with needle weaving and needlepoint lace filling stitches. There is a selvedge at the top and the other three edges are hemmed. The sampler is worked in fifteen horizontal repeating floral and geometric border patterns with one band of thistle, rose and shamrock patterns in very fine needle lace filling stitches with raised and detached details. The lower three bands contain an alphabet and the inscription '1660, ELIZAbeth Potter'.
Dr J.W.L Glaisher Bequest
Length: 52.25 cm
Length: 20.1/2 in
Width: 19.5 cm
Width: 7.1/2 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century#
Production date:
AD 1660
: Charles II
Weaving
: Linen whitework sampler embroidered with linen thread in eyelet, double running, hem, stem and counted satin stitch, cut and drawn work with needle weaving and needlepoint lace filling stitches. There is a plain selvedge at the top and the other three edges are hemmed.
Embroidering
Needlepoint (lace)
Cut and drawn work
Inscription present: embroidered in linen thread
Accession number: T.24-1928
Primary reference Number: 110571
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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