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Production: Unidentified
Band sampler, unbleached linen, embroidered with blue crewel wool and a little brown sillk and red wool in cross, four sided cross and double running stitch. The top of the sampler is filled with parts of three sprigs and a repeat border design. Beneath this are 15 horizontal bands comprising alphabets and more border designs. The edges have some short lengths of needle lace stitches.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Length: 58.4 cm
Length: 23 in
Width: 18.4 cm
Width: 7.1/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century#
Circa
1680
-
Circa
1685
This is most probably 'Coventry Blue' a crewel thread dyed with woad, which is used for marking linen. Woad is an annual Old World plant (Isatis tinctoria) of the mustard family, formerly cultivated for its leaves that yield a blue dye.
blue
Crewel wool
brown
Silk
crimson
Wool
unbleached
Linen
Weaving
: Band sampler, unbleached linen, embroidered with blue crewel, silk and wool threads in cross, four sided cross and double running stitch
Embroidering
Accession number: T.70-1928
Primary reference Number: 110616
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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