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Production: Unidentified
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with linen polychrome silks, linen and silver metal thread in back, cross, buttonhole, double hem, eyelet, rococo, satin and needle lace filling stitches. The sampler comprises 16 horizontal bands of repeat border patterns, alphabets, the date '1691' and the initials 'MB'.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Length: 101.6 cm
Length: 41 in
Width: 23.8 cm
Width: 9.3/8 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century#
Production date:
AD 1691
: William and Mary
polychrome
Silk
yellow
Linen
Silver metal thread
Linen thread
Weaving
: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with linen polychrome silks, linen and silver metal thread in back, cross, buttonhole, double hem, eyelet, rococo, satin and lace filling stitches.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.82-1928
Primary reference Number: 110628
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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