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Production: Unknown
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, double running, eyelet and satin stitch. There is a selvedge on both sides, the other edges are turned under and stitched. There are seven horizontal bands of alphabets and one set of numerals. Various initials are worked, as are floral and figurative detached motifs, which fill the remainder of the space. At the centre bottom the inscriptions 'ANNO 1726' and 'GG' are placed either side of a ship.
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 27.1/4 in
Width: 12.1/2 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1726
Weaving
: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, double running, eyelet and satin stitch. There is a selvedge on both sides, the other edges are turned under and stitched
Embroidering
Accession number: T.84-1938
Primary reference Number: 110815
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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