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Berlin wool work sampler, canvas, embroidered with 'Berlin wool', silk thread and some beads in cross, Florentine, herringbone and geometric satin stitch. All the edges have a selvedge, and at one end the sampler is attached to a cylindrical roller covered with tartan ribbon, the other end is bound with red ribbon. The sampler comprises over 60 detached motifs chiefly all over designs, floral, foliated and geometrical arranged irregularly over the ground.
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 102.9 cm
Length: 50.1/2 in
Width: 14.9 cm
Width: 5.7/8 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
19th Century
After
1801
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Before
1900
every tenth warp thread is yellow
Canvas
tartan, red
Ribbon
Silk
Berlin wool
Beads
Weaving
: Berlin wool work sampler, canvas, embroidered with 'Berlin wool', silk thread and some beads in cross, Florentine, herringbone and geometric satin stitch. All the edges have a selvedge, and at one end the sampler is attached to a cylindrical roller covered with tartan ribbon, the other end is bound with red ribbon.
Embroidering
Beading (process)
Binding
Accession number: T.72-1938
Primary reference Number: 110803
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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