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Maker: French, Mary
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, and eyelet hole stitch. The upper 18 cm are inscribed with 8 lines with a border design separating each one from the next. A crown is worked as a line ending. The lower 26.5 cm is comprised of a long central octagonal panel, which includes a name and date; surrounding it a symmetrical arrangement of motifs including a fruit basket, crowns and coronets, flower sprigs, strawberries and flower vases. The inscriptions on the sampler read 'O all ye nations of the wor/ld praise ye the Lord all wa/y and all ye people every/ where set forth his noble/praise for great his kindness/ is to (vs) his trv/th doth not de/cay where fore praise ye the', and ' Mary/French end/ed this work/in the tenth ye/ar of her age o/ne thovsand se/ven hvndred for/ty one in the f/ourteen th/year of t/he r kg2
History note: Purchased by the donor from Miss Culter, london, 1899
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 44.7 cm
Width: 20.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1741
: George II
Weaving
: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, and eyelet hole stitch
Embroidering
Accession number: T.34-1938
Primary reference Number: 110765
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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