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Production: Lieti, Giorni
Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome cottons in cross, double hem, back and double running stitch. The edges are finished with a double hemstitch and each corner is trimmed with three swatches of knotted cottons. Within the narrow border there is an alphabet, numerals, several detached motifs including a rabbit and a stork, repeat patterns and an inscription which reads 'Giorni Lieti Assisi Aprile 1912'.
Longman Bequest
Length: 27.5 cm
Length: 10.7/8 in
Width: 33.25 cm
Width: 13.1/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
20th Century
Production date:
AD 1912
red, blue, green, yellow, brown, pink
Cotton
Linen
Weaving
: Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome cottons in cross, double hem, back or double running stitch. The edges are finished with a double hemstitch and each corner is trimmed with three swatches of knotted cottons.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.115-1938
Primary reference Number: 110846
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/110846 Accessed: 2024-11-17 20:19:30
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