IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110788 accession number: T.57-1938 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 17 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Tiffany band sampler embroidered with black silk thread worked in very fine cross and a little marking cross-stitch. All the edges are hemmed, a central seam is over sewn and the whole is mounted on cream satin. A single line of cross-stitch surrounds the whole sampler. Four narrow geometric repeating border patterns divide the sampler horizontally with four narrow bands at the top containing three alphabets and two sets of numerals. The largest section contains the inscriptions' The character of the person who commends you is to be considered before/ you set much value on his praise.' 'To err is human, to forgive, divine.' ' True wisdom consist in the regulation and government of the/passions, and not in a technical knowledge of arts and sciences/ Octr 19th. Lucy Titshall. 1816.' title: sampler 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/110788 TECHNIQUES ---------- Tiffany band sampler embroidered with black silk thread worked in very fine cross and a little marking cross-stitch. All the edges are hemmed, a central seam is over sewn and the whole is mounted on cream satin. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering TECHNIQUES ---------- mounting CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1816 - 1816 creation date earliest: 1816 creation date latest: 1816 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Titshall, Lucy DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 12.25 dimension: Length units: in value: 4.7/8 dimension: Width units: cm value: 12 dimension: Width units: in value: 4.5/8 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam CITATIONS -------- English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam Essay on Criticism Samplers ---