Production: Unknown
Berlin wool work sampler, canvas, embroidered with polychrome wool and pink, cream and yellow silks in cross, Florentine, long-armed cross and herringbone stitch. The edges are bound with pink silk ribbon. The sampler comprises 28 different patterns of varying sizes, largely incomplete, of geometric and stylized floral motifs.
Given by Miss L.M. Hoather
Length: 257 cm
Length: 101.1/4 in
Width: 12.75 cm
Width: 5 in
Method of acquisition: Given (1987-02-02) by Hoather, M. L. Miss
19th Century
After
1801
-
Before
1900
Penelope
Canvas
cream, yellow, pink
Silk
pink
Silk ribbon
polychrome
Wool
Weaving
: Berlin wool work sampler, canvas, embroidered with polychrome wool and pink, cream and yellow silks in cross, Florentine, long-armed cross and herringbone stitch. The edges are bound with pink silk ribbon.
Embroidering
Binding
Accession number: T.2-1987
Primary reference Number: 110934
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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