IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110836 accession number: T.105-1938 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 20 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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'. title: sampler NOTES ----- type: history note value: purchased in Dresden LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110836 TECHNIQUES ---------- Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1777 - 1777 creation date earliest: 1777 creation date latest: 1777 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unidentified DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: in value: 13.5/8 dimension: Width units: in value: 13.7/8