IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110697 accession number: T.151-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 17 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole, Florentine, Holbein and satin stitch. The sampler comprises 21 horizontal bands which include repeat border patterns, alphabets, numerals, sprigs, detached motifs of trees, birds and plants and the inscription ' This Is My second W(or)k Altho The/Wood Be Wide I was Sent To Hvnt/The Bvck and Doe Being But A Child/When This You See remember Mee/Elisabeth Wiber Aged 9 Years In/March The 22 In The Year Of Ovr/ Lord God 1748'. 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/110697 TECHNIQUES ---------- Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole, Florentine, Holbein and satin stitch weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1748 - 1748 creation date earliest: 1748 creation date latest: 1748 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Wiber, Elizabeth DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 148.6 dimension: Width units: cm value: 22.9