Production: Unknown
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks and silver metal thread in buttonhole, cross, double back, Holbein, lace filling and satin stitches with some laid and couched work. The sampler comprises five horizontal bands, which are mainly filled with repeat border patterns. The top band includes 'boxers'.
History note: Purchased by the donor from Miss Culter, London 1897 and exhibited at The Fine Art Society's Exhibition of Old Needlework.
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 46.3 cm
Length: 18.1/4 in
Width: 17.1 cm
Width: 6.3/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
17th Century#
After
1601
-
Before
1700
polychrome
Silk
unbleached , buff
Linen
Silver metal thread
Weaving
: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks and silver metal thread in buttonhole, cross, double back, Holbein, lace filling and satin stitches with some laid and couched work
Couching (embroidering)
Embroidering
Accession number: T.6-1938
Primary reference Number: 110737
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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