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Production: Unidentified
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome cotton threads in cross-stitch. The sampler is divided into horizontal bands including three bands filled by an alphabet, detached motifs symmetrically arranged in pairs, a bird, two flowering plants (one in a vase), a heart and lion, and a central motif of a flowering plant in a two handled pot with a fruit basket below it.
History note: Given to the donor by E.L. Govett in 1898
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 10.7/8 in
Width: 7½ in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1826
loosly woven
Linen
polychrome
Cotton
Weaving
: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome cotton threads in cross-stitch.
Embroidering
Inscription present: embroidered in cotton thread
Accession number: T.76-1938
Primary reference Number: 110807
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sampler" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/110807 Accessed: 2024-11-22 10:08:24
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