IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110664
accession number:	T.118-1928

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 20 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole, satin and lace filling stitches.  The sampler comprises 21 horizontal bands filled by a date, an inscription and a name. The centre of the sampler has a vase with flowering plants worked with above it some heart shaped motifs.  To the left and right crowns, hearts, geometrical motifs and initials are worked.  The inscription reads ' June 6 day.../You ask me why I love go ask the glo/rvs son why...it throw.../world doth rvn ask time and fat reson/ w(hy it flow) ask dammask rosees why so/ fvll thay blow and all things elce whi/ch svcke(t)sfesh which forceeth me to/love..by this you see what car my/ parents took of me elizabeth matrom is/my name and with my nedell I rought/ the same and if my ivdgement had beene be/tter I would have mended every letter/ a (maid) that is wise her time will pris/ she that will eat her braekfast in her/ bed and spend all the morning in dressing/ of her head and sat at deaner likea ma/iden bride God in his mercy may do mvch/ (save) her bvt what a cas is he in that mv/st have her   Elizabeth Matrom    / the svn sats the shadow fleys the goo/d consume and man he deis   78'.
object type: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole, satin and needle lace filling stitches.  The sampler comprises 21 horizontal bands filled by a date, an inscription and a name.
title:	sampler

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	J. W. L. Glaisher
creditline: Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110664





TECHNIQUES
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band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelethole, satin and lace filling stitches.
weaving
TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: embroidery

DATING
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creation date:	1718 - 1718
creation date earliest:	1718
creation date latest:	1718
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Hancock, Elizabeth

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 79.4

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 25.4



IMAGES

surrogate: large
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_118_1928_20Reverse.jpg
height: 760 pixels
width: 453 pixels

surrogate: mid
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_118_1928_20Reverse.jpg
height: 760 pixels
width: 453 pixels

surrogate: original
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_118_1928_20Reverse.jpg
height: 760 pixels
width: 453 pixels

surrogate: preview
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/preview_T_118_1928_20Reverse.jpg
height: 419 pixels
width: 250 pixels