IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110710 accession number: T.164-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 20 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Woollen band sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch. The sides are damaged, but there are remains of a double blue linen selvedge; the top and bottom are turned in and the whole is mounted on a supporting cotton canvas. The sampler is horizontally arranged with repeating geometric and floral border patterns at the top, two alphabets, a set of numerals and the inscription 'HealtH is aIeWeL drOPt from HeaVen Which money cannot/buy the Life of Life the Bodies Peace and Pleasant Harmony'. The next section is made up of various detached motifs including fruit baskets, birds, small rural scenes of trees, stags, dogs, squirrels, soldiers with muskets, arranged symmetrically either side of a turreted building with perching birds and a flag. The third section in another symmetrical arrangement of detached flowerpots, birds and trees around the Temptation of Adam and Eve. the lowest section has a central panel enclosing two crowns and the inscription 'Sophia ELLis/finished this Work/february the 8 1785 in/the 9year of her age. to either side of the panel is a swan, flower spray, stag and two dogs. object type: Band sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch. The sides are damaged. The sampler is horizontally arranged with repeating geometric and floral border patterns, two alphabets, a set of numerals , an inscription, various detached motifs, and a symmetrical arrangement of detached flowerpots, birds and trees around the Temptation of Adam and Eve. 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/110710 TECHNIQUES ---------- Woollen band sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch. The sides are damaged, but there are remains of a double blue linen selvedge; the top and bottom are turned in and the whole is mounted on a supporting cotton canvas. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1785 - 1785 creation date earliest: 1785 creation date latest: 1785 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Ellis, Sophia DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 45 dimension: Length units: in value: 18.1/4 dimension: Width units: cm value: 32.25 dimension: Width units: in value: 13 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam title: Sampled Lives: Samplers from the Fitzwilliam Museum CITATIONS -------- English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam Sampled Lives: Samplers from the Fitzwilliam Museum Samplers, Five Centuries of a Gentle Craft --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_164_1928_1_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 775 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/mid_T_164_1928_1_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 661 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_164_1928_1_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 775 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/preview_T_164_1928_1_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 330 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_164_1928_back_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/mid_T_164_1928_back_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 674 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_164_1928_back_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/preview_T_164_1928_back_201702_kly25_dc2.jpg height: 337 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/963/large_T_164_1928_1_201702_kly25_mas.jpg height: 1430 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/963/mid_T_164_1928_1_201702_kly25_mas.jpg height: 698 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/T.164-1928_1_201702_kly25_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/963/preview_T_164_1928_1_201702_kly25_mas.jpg height: 349 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/963/T_164_1928_1_201702_kly25_mas.ptif height: 6466 pixels width: 4630 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/965/large_T_164_1928_2_201702_kly25_mas.jpg height: 1430 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/965/mid_T_164_1928_2_201702_kly25_mas.jpg height: 698 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/T.164-1928_2_201702_kly25_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/965/preview_T_164_1928_2_201702_kly25_mas.jpg height: 349 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/965/T_164_1928_2_201702_kly25_mas.ptif height: 6477 pixels width: 4638 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/662/987/large_T_164_1928_1_201702_kly25_dc1.jpg height: 1327 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/662/987/mid_T_164_1928_1_201702_kly25_dc1.jpg height: 648 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/T.164-1928_1_201702_kly25_dc1.jpg surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/662/987/preview_T_164_1928_1_201702_kly25_dc1.jpg height: 324 pixels width: 250 pixels