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Production: Breillat, Maddeleine
Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch. Three of the edges are hemmed and there is a selvedge at the bottom. The sampler is inscribed with the Lord's Prayer and the Ten Commandments in French. The inscription is worked over two horizontal tables named 'Premiére table' and 'La seconde table'. In addition to the Commandments, the following is worked ' Fait par moi Magdelaine Breillet Agée de huit ans et 3 mois 1743-4'.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Length: 64.5 cm
Length: 20.1/2 in
Width: 42 cm
Width: 16.3/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
1743
CE
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1744
CE
To find the Ten Commandments worked in tablet form in French seems double anachronistic. firstly, one of the major differences between English and Continental samplers is the prevalence of inscription on the former, and the almost complete absence of it on the latter, apart from alphabets, initials or name and a date. Secondly it seems unlikely that French Catholic girl would have been familiar with the painted boards of the Church of England.
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Silk
Linen
Weaving
: Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch. Three of the edges are hemmed and there is a selvedge at the bottom.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.176-1928
Primary reference Number: 110722
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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