IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110686 accession number: T.140-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 20 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch. The sampler comprises 14 horizontal bands which contain repeat border patterns, alphabets, crowns and coronets, birds on a flowering plant between flower pots, a tree in a tub, a man, and the inscription ' Ann Hellier in ye 13 years of her age 1732'. Below this inscription a house with closed shutters and a crow on the roof, a crescent moon in the sky, a tree with two birds in it and a dog and a sheep next to it, and a woman with a spindle and distaff standing next to a tree are worked in polychrome silks. title: sampler LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J. W. L. Glaisher creditline: Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110686 TECHNIQUES ---------- Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1732 - 1732 creation date earliest: 1732 creation date latest: 1732 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Hellier, Ann DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 16.8 dimension: Width units: cm value: 21.2