Maker: Blinco, B.
Map sampler, cream silk, embroidered with polychrome silks in chain, random satin, stem and couched stitch. Inscribed in a cartouche in the top right corner 'A Map of England and Wales', 'Blinco 1777' is worked. The map depicts England, Wales, and the Southern part of Scotland, the coastline of part of Ireland, France and the Channel Islands. Black lettering and county boundaries are worked in stem stitch with some couched work and are emphasized by two or three rows of fine polychrome chain stitch. Coastline and rivers are worked with bands of freely worked linear satin stitch with some shading of polychrome silks.
Bequested by Mrs Margery Thorre
Length: 69.9 cm
Length: 23.3/8 in
Width: 59.9 cm
Width: 27.1/2 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1988-05-25) by Thorre, Margery, Mrs
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1777
: George III
backing
Silk
cream
Silk
polychrome
Silk thread
Weaving
: Map sampler, cream silk, embroidered with polychrome silks in chain, random satin, stem and couched stitch
Mounting
Embroidering
Accession number: T.1-1988
Primary reference Number: 110935
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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