IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110914 accession number: T.15-1952 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 20 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Woollen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, long-armed cross, stem, tent, long and short, satin and back stitch with some couching. The top edge is left raw whilst the three other edges are bound with woollen braid. A border of detached naturalistic flowers, sprays and sprigs is worked on three sides and at the bottom two seated female figures in contemporary dress sit either side of a flower basket. The Lord's Prayer is inscribed in a central rectangular panel with winged cherubs' heads across the corners, linked by a floral border patterns. There is a rectangular panel in each bottom corner with worn inscriptions ' Mary Basham () work' and ' October () 21'. title: sampler LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Lady St John Hope Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110914 TECHNIQUES ---------- Woollen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, long-armed cross, stem, tent, long and short, satin and back stitch with some couching. The top edge is left raw whilst the three other edges are bound with woollen braid. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering TECHNIQUES ---------- binding TECHNIQUES ---------- couching (embroidering) CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1821 - 1821 creation date earliest: 1821 creation date latest: 1821 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Basham, Mary DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 42.5 dimension: Length units: in value: 16.3/4 dimension: Width units: cm value: 32 dimension: Width units: in value: 12.3/4 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam CITATIONS -------- English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam ---