Production: Unidentified
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and stem stitch. The edges are turned under and buttonholed. Two horizontal bands at the top include an alphabet, numerals and two repeat patterns with the date '1691' immediately beneath. Floral and figurative detached motifs are arranged almost symmetrically either side of larger central motifs which include and Agnus Dei and a wreath enclosing the initials 'DD'.
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 16.1/4 in
Width: 11.1/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
17th Century#
Production date:
AD 1691
Weaving
: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and stem stitch. The edges are turned under and buttonholed.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.95-1938
Primary reference Number: 110826
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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