IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110856
accession number:	T.125-1938

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 20 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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.
title:	sampler

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Purchased in Madrid in 1900 for 2s.6d.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110856





TECHNIQUES
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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.
weaving
TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: embroidery

DATING
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creation date:	1701 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1701
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: in
value: 9.1/2

dimension: Width
units: in
value: 4.3/8