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Maker: Davies, Eliazbeth
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silk and linen threads in cross, eyelet hole and satin stitch. The sampler comprises 15 horizontal bands with repeat border patterns, alphabets, and the inscriptions "MAde THIS IN The YeAr" , "1699', ' ElizeBeth DA / VIeS 1699 IN the O Lor dd" and. "O GreAt God Are Not The RAVeNS Feed By / The ANd WILLt THOU CLOVth The LILLeeS / ANd NOt Me IeLL NeAre DIStrvst MY GOd / FOr RAMeNt NOR Yet For BreAd WhiLest / The LILLeeS FLORISH ANd THe RAVeNS Fed'.
History note: Purchased June 14, 1928
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Length: 34.3 cm
Length: 13.1/2 in
Width: 20.9 cm
Width: 8.1/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century#
Production date:
AD 1699
: William and Mary
ground and thread
Linen
polychrome
Silk
Weaving
: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silk and linen threads in cross, eyelet hole and satin stitch
Embroidering
Accession number: T.88-1928
Primary reference Number: 110634
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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