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Maker: Unknown (Possibly)
Sampler embroidered with polychrome silks, covered with motifs , both naturalistic and inscriptions, including lower vases, sprays, trees, kiosks, a jug and a boat, flowers sprays and Arabic verses.
Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, compound double running, eyelet and single faggot stitch. Two edges are hemmed and there is a selvedge at the top and bottom. The sampler is covered with motifs, and the work can be divided into two distinctive categories, one of lightly stitched randomly placed motifs, the other heavier work depicting naturalistic motifs, corner and band patterns and a largely indecipherable inscription. The light, linear motifs include flower vases, sprays, trees, kiosks, a jug and a boat as well as imported Western European patterns such as the beribboned flower sprays. Amongst the other more densely worked traditional patterns, such as the confronting parrots and the asymmetric flower motifs, various non-Ottoman elements have been incorporated, for example the small-scale rosebud border repeat patterns and a tree trunk apparently sprouting acorns.
History note: Unknown before previous owner
Purchased from Professor and Mrs A.J.B. Wace
Length: 85 cm
Width Front Left: 42 cm
Width Front Right: 45 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1956-03-01) by Wace, A. J. B., Professor and Mrs
18th Century
After
1700
CE
-
Before
1800
CE
The sampler is possibly the work of two individuals
Weaving
: Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, compound double running, eyelet and single faggot stitch. Two edges are hemmed and there is a selvedge at the top and bottom.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.1-1956
Primary reference Number: 110917
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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