IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110747
accession number:	T.16-1938

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 12 September 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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.
title:	sampler

NOTES
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type: history note
value: given to the donor by M.Minet, who had bought it at Norwich in 1895


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/110747





TECHNIQUES
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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.
weaving
TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: embroidery

DATING
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creation date:	1693 - 1693
creation date earliest:	1693
creation date latest:	1693
culture:	17th Century, Late
culture:	William III and Mary II

CREATORS
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maker: Unidentified

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: in
value: 30.7/8

dimension: Width
units: in
value: 8.1/2



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Samplers
title:	The Dutch Connection
CITATIONS
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Sampler Exhibition in the Octagon
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