IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110699 accession number: T.153-1928 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, satin and tent stitch. The sampler comprises 15 horizontal bands which include alphabets, numerals, a flowering plant in a vase, a geometrical motif, a bird, the name and date 'Elizabeth Keynorth, and the inscription 'When I am dead and gon/ All my bones are rotten/this you see remember/ me when I am quite forg/otten/Elizabeth Keynorth/ work this in the 12 year/of my age 1755'. 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/110699 TECHNIQUES ---------- Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, satin and tent stitch weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1755 - 1755 creation date earliest: 1755 creation date latest: 1755 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Keynorth, Elizabeth DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 24.6 dimension: Length units: in value: 9.3/4 dimension: Width units: cm value: 17.2 dimension: Width units: in value: 6.3/4