IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110794
accession number:	T.63-1938

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 20 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Pictorial sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, chain and satin stitch.  There is a selvedge on both sides and the top and bottom are turned under and stitched.  A stylized carnation border surrounds the main body of the sampler and encloses a female figure in contemporary costume; her head and upper body are of printed card partially decorated with embroidery and stitched to the ground.  She is surrounded by detached, symmetrically arranged motifs including buckets of fruits, dogs, peacocks, squirrels, swans and flower vases.
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/110794





TECHNIQUES
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Border sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, chain and satin stitch.  There is a selvedge on both sides and the top and bottom are turned under and stitched.
weaving
TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: embroidery

DATING
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creation date:	1837 - 1837
creation date earliest:	1837
creation date latest:	1837
culture:	19th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Pitts, Elizabeth

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: in
value: 16.1/4

dimension: Width
units: in
value: 13.1/8



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Samplers
CITATIONS
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Sampler Exhibition in the Octagon
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