IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110772
accession number:	T.41-1938

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Friday 17 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Linen darning sampler worked with polychrome silks and white linen thread in counted thread patterns or damask darning and cross-stitch.  There are two plain linen and eleven two-coloured darning examples arranged on the sampler.  The central square of each has been cut away and filled with a darning pattern; the stitching is extended into the bordering linen.  The central darn is worked in linen thread and surrounded by the inscription 'Mary powell/Finish'd this/Darning Piece/Octr the 26 1789'.
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/110772





TECHNIQUES
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Linen darning sampler worked with polychrome silks and white linen thread in counted thread patterns or damask darning and cross-stitch.
weaving
TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: embroidery

DATING
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creation date:	1789 - 1789
creation date earliest:	1789
creation date latest:	1789
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Powell, Mary

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 41.5

dimension: Length
units: in
value: 16.3/4

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 42

dimension: Width
units: in
value: 16.1/4



CITATIONS
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English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam
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