Production: Unidentified
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch. The upper section includes about 28 detached motifs including a crowned woman, arms raised with a spray of leaves in her hand, birds, a cock, a dog, flowers, fruit an hourglass and a spinster. Below this section, 12 horizontal bands are work comprising numerals, alphabets, the date '1777', repeat border patterns and the initials 'RDS, ACS, AZ, ICZ'.
History note: Purchased in Dresden
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 13.5/8 in
Width: 13.7/8 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1777
Weaving
: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch
Embroidering
Accession number: T.105-1938
Primary reference Number: 110836
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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