IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110816
accession number:	T.85-1938

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 20 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Linen mixed band and spot motif sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, satin, back, eyelet and running stitch.  Three of the edges are hemmed and there is a selvedge on the left side.  The sampler contains six incomplete alphabets as well as the initials 'FL' and various space filling small motifs are worked across the top of the sampler in horizontal bands.  Partial bands or repeat patterns appear on the lower half with detached motifs on three sides of a large star shape flanked by the boldly worked initials 'FL'.  The date 1727 and numerals 1-10 are inscribed along the lower left edge.
title:	sampler

NOTES
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type: history note
value: bought in Leeuwarden, Holland


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Bequeathed by Mrs H.A. Longman

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110816





TECHNIQUES
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Linen mixed band and spot motif sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, satin, back, eyelet and running stitch.  Three of the edges are hemmed and there is a selvedge on the left side.
weaving
TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: embroidery

DATING
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creation date:	1727 - 1727
creation date earliest:	1727
creation date latest:	1727
culture:	18th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unidentified

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 32.25

dimension: Length
units: in
value: 12

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 53

dimension: Width
units: in
value: 20.1/2



CITATIONS
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Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, Samplers
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