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Production: Unknown
Whitework band sampler worked with linen thread in hem, counted satin and eyelet stitch with cut and drawn work with needle weaving and needle lace filling stitches. There is a plain selvedge at the top, the sides are hemmed and the bottom edge is buttonholed. There are whitework bands of geometric and floral motifs with three of the band containing small detached cutwork squares with various filling designs.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Length: 64 cm
Length: 25.7/8 in
Width: 15.5 cm
Width: 5.3/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Circa 1700
Production date:
circa
AD 1700
: Mary II
This sampler is incomplete
ground and thread Linen
Weaving
: Whitework band sampler worked with linen thread in hem, counted satin and eyelet stitch with cut and drawn work with needle weaving and needlepoint lace filling stitches. There is a plain selvedge at the top, the sides are hemmed and the bottom edge is buttonholed.
Embroidering
Cut and drawn work
Accession number: T.93-1928
Primary reference Number: 110639
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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