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Maker: Bowie, Jessie
Bordered sampler, coarse linen, embroidered with polychrome woollen threads in cross-stitch. A waved stem and ;leaf border frames the main body of the sampler. Within it at the top there are six horizontal bands with alphabets, numerals and the initials 'PB, RR AR, BR WB, JB, ME, PB', and border designs. Below these bands sits a large red house with a gated fence and flanked on both sides by a flowering plant, a bird and a tree.
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 17½ in
Width: 12.3/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
19th Century, second quarter#
Production date:
AD 1833
coarse and unbleached
Linen
polychrome
Wool
Weaving
: Coarse linen, embroidered with polychrome woollen threads in cross-stitch.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.77-1938
Primary reference Number: 110808
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/110808 Accessed: 2024-11-22 09:15:36
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