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Description: | Artist: Unidentified; Date(s): circa 1650 - before 1700; Classification(s): embroidery, sampler, weaving, Band sampler, bleached linen, embroidered with polychrome silks and silver metal thread in cross, double running, lace filling, interlaced band and double back stitches; Acquisition: bequeathed by Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr, 1928-12-07, Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest [T.14-1928]
Description: Band sampler, bleached linen, embroidered with polychrome silks and silver metal thread in cross, double running, interlaced and needle lace filling, and double back stitches. The sampler comprises 23 alternating narrow and wide horizontal bands; the twelfth band is filled with detached motifs including birds, 'boxers', frogs, rabbits and stags. The sampler also carries the inscription 'AP'. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | Unidentified embroidery sampler | Temporal: | name=17th Century; start=1650; end=1700 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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