Maker: Patterson, Henrietta
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and eyelet hole stitch. The sampler comprises 14 horizontal bands which include repeat border patterns, alphabets, crowns and coronets, a row of formal trees separated by flowers, the name 'Henrietta Patterson', the date '1745' and the inscriptions ' Let no mans mind on earthly things be bent/But having food and raiment be content', Some men get riches yet are always poor/Some get no riches yet have all things' and 'Henrietta Patterson Wrought this Sam/pler Anno Domini 1745 in the 6 year of '.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Length: 71.4 cm
Width: 28 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1745
: George II
polychrome
Silk
unbleached
Linen
Weaving
: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and eyelet hole stitch
Embroidering
Accession number: T.150-1928
Primary reference Number: 110696
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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