Production: Unknown
Border sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, hem and geometrical stitches. The edges are hemstitched and there is a tassel in each corner. A border, comprising of outer linen of cross-stitch and a band of lozenges, frames the central section of the sampler. This central area is filled by 10 horizontal bands containing an alphabet, a series of vowels, numerals and a cross.
History note: Purchased in Madrid in 1900 for 2s.6d.
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 9.1/2 in
Width: 4.3/8 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
18th Century
After
1701
-
Before
1800
Weaving
: Border sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, hem and geometrical stitches. The edges are hemstitched and there is a tassel in each corner.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.125-1938
Primary reference Number: 110856
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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