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Production: Caney, Mary
Linen band sampler embroidered with linen in dot, back and double hem stitch; some embroidery in faded yellow silk and a minute quantity of black and red silk in back and filling stitch. All the edges are hemmed and there are picots along the top. Most of the sampler is taken up with horizontal bands of geometric repeats which appear to be composed of single isolated dots. The bottom band depicts a pastoral scene and carries the inscription 'Mary Caney 1710'.
Longman Bequest
Length: 29.25 cm
Width: 15 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
18th Century, Early#
Production date:
AD 1710
embroidery
Silk
ground and embroidery
Linen
Weaving
: Linen band sampler embroidered with linen in dot, back and double hem stitch; some embroidery in faded yellow silk and a minute quantity of black and red silk in back and filling stitch. All the edges are hemmed and there are picots along the top
Embroidering
Inscription present: embroidered in faded yellow silk thread
Accession number: T.24-1938
Primary reference Number: 110755
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/110755 Accessed: 2024-11-17 17:33:33
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