IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110748 accession number: T.17-1938 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 31 May 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Linen band sampler embroidered in polychrome silks in cross, hem, double running, Algerian eye, satin, chain, whipped stem and trellis stitch. The pattern consists of horizontal bands of lettering, and stylised floral and abstract motifs. The bottom half of the sampler contains an alphabet and the verse 'LOOK WELL TO WH/AT YOU TAKe IN HA/ND FOR LARNING IS/ BETTer THeN HOV/Se OR LAND WHeN L/AND IS GONE AND MO/NeY IS SPeNT THen/ LARNING IS MOST eX/CeLeNT. AVGVST the 18 1694.' Underneath this verse is another alphabet and the numbers 1 to 8. The bottom band consists of a panel with the initials 'MC' and on either side of it the initials 'IH' and 'M'. Surrounding the panel are a heart, a vase of flowers, two dogs and a bird. object type: Band sampler worked in polychrome silks depicting alphabets, stylised flowers, arcaded flowers and panels containing initials. title: sampler NOTES ----- type: history note value: unknown before donor LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110748 TECHNIQUES ---------- linen, embroidered in polychrome silks in cross, hem, double running, Algerian eye, satin, chain, whipped stem and trellis stitch. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1694 - 1694 creation date earliest: 1694 creation date latest: 1694 culture: 17th Century, Late culture: William and Mary CREATORS -------- maker: Canting, Mary DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 55.5 dimension: Length units: in value: 22.3/8 dimension: Width units: cm value: 16.25 dimension: Width units: in value: 6½ EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam title: Samplers title: Sampled Lives: Samplers from the Fitzwilliam Museum CITATIONS -------- English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, Samplers Sampler Exhibition in the Octagon Sampled Lives: Samplers from the Fitzwilliam Museum English Embroidery from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1580-1700, 'Twixt Art and Nature --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_17_1938_1_201703_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 364 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_17_1938_1_201703_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 364 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/T_17_1938_1_201703_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 364 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/preview_T_17_1938_1_201703_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 703 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_17_1938_20Reverse.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 400 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_17_1938_20Reverse.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 400 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_17_1938_20Reverse.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 400 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/preview_T_17_1938_20Reverse.jpg height: 475 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/995/large_T_17_1938_1_201703_amt49_mas.jpg height: 2386 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/995/mid_T_17_1938_1_201703_amt49_mas.jpg height: 1165 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/T.17-1938_1_201703_amt49_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/995/preview_T_17_1938_1_201703_amt49_mas.jpg height: 583 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/506/995/T_17_1938_1_201703_amt49_mas.ptif height: 5567 pixels width: 2389 pixels