IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110737
accession number:	T.6-1938

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 20 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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'.
title:	sampler

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Purchased by the donor from Miss Culter, London 1897 and exhibited at The Fine Art Society's Exhibition of Old Needlework.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110737





TECHNIQUES
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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
weaving
TECHNIQUES
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couching (embroidering)
TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: embroidery

DATING
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creation date:	1601 - 1700
creation date earliest:	1601
creation date latest:	1700
culture:	17th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 46.3

dimension: Length
units: in
value: 18.1/4

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 17.1

dimension: Width
units: in
value: 6.3/4