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Maker: Stoute, Mary
Band sampler, canvas, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole, satin and tent stitch. The sampler comprises ten horizontal bands framed inside a border. The bands contain, alphabets, lettering, numerals, repeat border patterns, detached motifs (including a bunch of grapes, a flower basket, a butterfly, a bird and a potted plant) and the inscription 'ConStraint in all Things makes the Plea/Sure less: Sweet is the Love that Comes/Ts Ms With WillingneSs SS AS/ Mary stoutt/ Her Sampler/ November the 3/in the year 1760/aged 11'.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Length: 88.9 cm
Length: 1'11 in
Width: 21.9 cm
Width: 8.5/8 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1760
: George III
Weaving
: Band sampler, woollen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole, satin and tent stitch
Embroidering
Accession number: T.156-1928
Primary reference Number: 110702
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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