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Production: Unidentified
Whitework sampler, muslin, embroidered with cotton thread in chain stitch. The edges are turned under and stitched. The sampler contains rows of squares and a central lozenge containing the initials 'GMO' and the date '1810' set within four triangles all worked with drawn thread stitches known as Tönder work.
History note: Purchased by the donor in Copenhagen, 1880
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 11.3/4 in
Width: 11.1/2 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1810
Weaving
: Whitework sampler, muslin, embroidered with cotton thread in chain stitch. The edges are turned under and stitched.
Embroidering
Inscription present: embroidered in cotton thread
Accession number: T.81-1938
Primary reference Number: 110812
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/110812 Accessed: 2024-12-23 05:53:30
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