IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110758
accession number:	T.27-1938

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 in cross and eyelet hole stitch.  The sampler comprises twelve horizontal bands that contain, alphabets  (some with each letter in duplicate), numerals 1-14, an inscription, a name and a date.  The inscription reads 'Covnt whats more sweet and/fairer then a flower and yet/it blooms and faids within an/hour Elizabeth Essex her/ sampler November the 18 1724'.
title:	sampler

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/110758





TECHNIQUES
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Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and eyelet hole stitch.
weaving
TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: embroidery

DATING
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creation date:	1724 - 1724
creation date earliest:	1724
creation date latest:	1724
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Essex, Eliazbeth

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 21.9

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 22.1



IMAGES

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