IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110828
accession number:	T.97-1938

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 13 August 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, Florentine, tent, satin and rice stitch with a little pulled work.  All the edges are hemmed and finished with buttonhole stitch.  The top of the sampler has three horizontal bands containing alphabets and numerals.  Beneath this is a large square flanked on either side by three smaller squares.  The large square has a wreath, flowers and a small male and female figure worked in addition to the initials 'DM', 'MS' and the date 1727.  The four smaller squares all have all-over patterns.  The bottom band is made up of detached motifs (crowned peacock, deer, birds, stork) arranged around a large central design of a stylized flower vase.
object type: Sampler worked in polychrome silks depicting alphabets, square all-over patterns, a wreath with initials and animals.
title:	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/110828





TECHNIQUES
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Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, Florentine, tent, satin and rice stitch with a little pulled work.  All the edges are hemmed and finished with buttonhole stitch.
weaving
TECHNIQUES
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embroidery

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

CREATORS
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maker: Unidentified

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 33.25

dimension: Length
units: in
value: 13

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 24.25

dimension: Width
units: in
value: 9.1/4



CITATIONS
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Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, Samplers
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