IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110822
accession number:	T.91-1938

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 sampler embroidered with polychrome silks and silver metal thread in tent, cross, stem, and eyelet stitch.  Both sides have a selvedge and both the top and bottom edges are turned under and hem stitched.  All sides are trimmed with a blue silk ribbon.  The central motif depicts a large floral wreath which contains a set of initials 'HS, IP, PIN, KSCD' and the date 1760.  Arranged around the wreath are five female figures which symbolise the inscribed virtues of 'La Diligence', 'La Constance', 'L'Abondence', 'La bonne Renommee' and 'La Bonne Conscience', all holding wreaths containing initials.  The wide border contains further initials, alphabets, numerals and coronets.
title:	pictorial sampler

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/110822





TECHNIQUES
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Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks and silver metal thread in tent, cross, stem, and eyelet stitch.  Both sides have a selvedge and both the top and bottom edges are turned under and hem stitched.  All sides are trimmed with a blue silk ribbon.
weaving
TECHNIQUES
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weaving
TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: embroidery

DATING
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creation date:	1760 - 1760
creation date earliest:	1760
creation date latest:	1760
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unidentified

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 26.5

dimension: Length
units: in
value: 9.1/2

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 38

dimension: Width
units: in
value: 14



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Samplers
CITATIONS
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Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, Samplers
Sampler Exhibition in the Octagon
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