IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110868 accession number: T.143-1938 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 20 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Rectangular map sampler, fine cotton embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch. The sampler is edged with cotton tape. The map depicts the European continent and the edges of the neighbouring territories of Asia and Africa. As well as national boundaries of the era, major towns, rivers, seas and mountain ranges are included. The whole set on a marked grid of the lines of latitude and longitude. a rectangular panel in the left-hand corner encloses the inscription 'Carte d'Europe Presentée A.M. Le comte Fourcroy Conseilleur d'état à vie, directeur 9th de Instruction Publique, Membre de l'Institut etc. 1809'. A smaller panel in the bottom left corner reads ' Fanny Le Gay (de Rouen) fecit. The map is framed by a stylized scroll and leaf border. title: sampler 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/110868 TECHNIQUES ---------- Square map sampler in cotton gauze embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch. The sampler is edged with cotton tape. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1809 - 1809 creation date earliest: 1809 creation date latest: 1809 culture: 19th Century, Early# CREATORS -------- maker: Le Gay, Fanny DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 64 dimension: Length units: in value: 23.3/8 dimension: Width units: cm value: 77 dimension: Width units: in value: 28.1/2 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Samplers CITATIONS -------- Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, Samplers Sampler Exhibition in the Octagon --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/T_143_1938.jpg height: 616 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/mid_T_143_1938.jpg height: 405 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/T_143_1938.jpg height: 616 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/preview_T_143_1938.jpg height: 203 pixels width: 250 pixels