Maker: Cole, Elizabeth
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and eyelet stitch. There is a selvedge on the bottom, the other edges are turned under and stitched. The sampler is made up of horizontal bands of narrow repeat border patterns, crowns, coronets, three alphabets, numerals and various initials. At the bottom a wide band of all-over patterns is worked and inscribed 'Elizabeth Cale finished her psampler in the year of her age and in the year of our Lord God 1726'.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Length: 1'6.3/4 in
Width: 8.3/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1726
: George I
Weaving
: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and eyelet stitch. There is a selvedge on the bottom, the other edges are turned under and stitched.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.130-1928
Primary reference Number: 110676
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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