IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110819 accession number: T.88-1938 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 7 February 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Linen spot motif sampler embroidered in polychrome silks in cross-stitch. Three edges are hemmed and there is a selvedge at the top left side. The sampler consists of a large number of detached motifs including flowerpots, furniture, animals (parrots, deer, dog, wolf, birds), trees, vines, a mermaid, a sailboat, and a townhouse and 'Solomon's Temple'. The thirty-nine motifs are enclosed in a narrow border with a secondary border along the bottom of conventional bird motifs and a selection of buildings. title: sampler NOTES ----- type: history note value: Bought at the Royal School of Needlework, March 1938 for £4.40 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Bequeathed by Mrs H.A. Longman STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110819 PEOPLE ------------------- 8 figures including Adam and Eve SUBJECTS ------------------- table and chairs, house, castle, flower pot, boat, mermaid deer, bird, parrot, wolf, lion vine, apple tree, pear tree table and chairs, house, castle, flower pot, boat, mermaid deer, bird, parrot, wolf, lion vine, apple tree, pear tree TECHNIQUES ---------- Linen spot motif sampler embroidered in polychrome silks in cross-stitch. Three edges are hemmed and there is a selvedge at the top left side. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1764 - 1764 creation date earliest: 1764 creation date latest: 1764 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Kriekaar, Jannetie DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 49.25 dimension: Length units: ft value: 1'7.5/8 dimension: Width units: cm value: 50.75 dimension: Width units: ft value: 1'8.3/4 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Samplers CITATIONS -------- Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, Samplers Sampler Exhibition in the Octagon --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/T_88_1938.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/mid_T_88_1938.jpg height: 487 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/T_88_1938.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/preview_T_88_1938.jpg height: 243 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_88_1938_20Front.jpg height: 701 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/mid_T_88_1938_20Front.jpg height: 461 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_88_1938_20Front.jpg height: 701 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/preview_T_88_1938_20Front.jpg height: 231 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_88_1938_20Reverse.jpg height: 709 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/mid_T_88_1938_20Reverse.jpg height: 466 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_88_1938_20Reverse.jpg height: 709 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/preview_T_88_1938_20Reverse.jpg height: 233 pixels width: 250 pixels