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Description: | Artist: Dunnsell, Mary, maker; Date(s): 1743; Classification(s): embroidery, sampler, weaving, Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, Florentine, rice and rococo stitch; Acquisition: bequeathed by Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr, 1928-12-07, Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest [T.148-1928]
Description: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, Florentine, rice and rococo stitch. The sampler comprises ten horizontal bands which include, The Lord's Prayer, numerals, the date '1743', repeat border patterns, all-over designs, an alphabet, the names 'Iohn Dunnsell' and 'Ann Dunnsell', a basket of flowers, a bird, a flowering plant, two lions, a rose and the inscription 'Mary Dunnsell 1743'. | 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: | Dunnsell, Mary embroidery sampler | Temporal: | name=18th century; start=1743; end=1743 | 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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