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Production: Unidentified
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks and a little silver metal thread in cross, double running, satin, eyelet, filling, trellis and needle lace stitches. There is a selvedge at the top and bottom; the sides are turned under and stitched. The sampler is made up of horizontal bands of repeat border patterns, one with 'boxer' figures in contemporary costume, three alphabets, numerals and the inscription 'APRIL THE 4 DAY 1693 MD' with a coronet above the initials.
History note: Given to the donor by M.Minet, who had bought it at Norwich in 1895
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 30.7/8 in
Width: 8.1/2 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
17th Century, Late
William III and Mary II
Production date:
AD 1693
polychrome
Silk
Linen
Silver metal thread
Weaving
: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks and a little silver metal thread in cross, double running, satin, eyelet, filling, trellis and needle lace stitches. There is a selvedge at the top and bottom; the sides are turned under and stitched.
Embroidering
Inscription present: embroidered in silk thread with coronet motif placed above it
Accession number: T.16-1938
Primary reference Number: 110747
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sampler" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/110747 Accessed: 2024-11-02 21:30:59
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