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: Unknown
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with linen and silver metal thread in hem, double hem, Roumanian, satin and needle lace stitches. The sampler comprises 11 horizontal bands; the top five are worked in needlelace stitches, band six contains a wide and a narrow border design placed vertically, and bands seven to eleven contain further repeat patterns. At the bottom there is a space containing some experimental metal thread stitching.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Length: 60.3 cm
Length: 23.3/4 in
Width: 14.5 cm
Width: 5.3/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century#
Production date:
circa
AD 1680
ground and threads
Linen
Silver metal thread
Weaving
: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with linen and silver metal thread in hem, double hem, Rumanian, needlepoint and satin stitch
Embroidering
Accession number: T.63-1928
Primary reference Number: 110609
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:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sampler" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/110609 Accessed: 2024-11-25 10:04:30
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/110609
|title=Sampler
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-25 10:04:30|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-110609
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/aa22/T_63_1928_20Front.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...
