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Band sampler worked in polychrome silks depicting alphabets animals (lion, duck, eagle) some spot motifs, the Crucifixion and the Instruments of the Passion.
Linen band sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch with a few backstitches. All the edges are hemmed. The sampler is divided into horizontal bands, the lower half taken up almost exclusively by alphabets, in addition to some geometric pattern repeats and a double flower vine. The top three bands contain pictorial motifs. The first band depicts a lion, a two-headed eagle, a duck, a Pelican in her piety, a squirrel and a parrot. The second band is worked in detached motifs, including flowerpots, a lantern and baskets arranged around a central motif of two female figures flanking either side of a well. The third and widest of the bands depicts Jesus on the Cross with detached motifs of the Instruments of Passion, the sun, the moon stars and flowers sprigs surrounding the central motif. The top of the cross bears the inscription 'Jesus'.
Bequeathed by Mrs H.A. Longman
Length: 49.75 cm
Length: 20 in
Width: 26 cm
Width: 10.1/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
18th Century, Late#
Circa
1775
CE
-
Circa
1801
CE
yellow, green, blue, brown, pink, red, orange
Silk
Linen
Weaving
: Linen band sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch with a few backstitches. All the edges are hemmed.
Embroidering
Inscription present: embroidered in orange silk thread
Accession number: T.107-1938
Primary reference Number: 110838
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sampler" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/110838 Accessed: 2024-11-02 17:30:40
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