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Description: | Artist: Ellis, Sophia, maker; Date(s): 1785; Classification(s): embroidery, sampler, weaving, Woollen band sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch. The sides are damaged, but there are remains of a double blue linen selvedge; the top and bottom are turned in and the whole is mounted on a supporting cotton canvas.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr, 1928-12-07, Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest [T.164-1928]
Description: Band sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch. The sides are damaged. The sampler is horizontally arranged with repeating geometric and floral border patterns, two alphabets, a set of numerals , an inscription, various detached motifs, and a symmetrical arrangement of detached flowerpots, birds and trees around the Temptation of Adam and Eve. | 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: | Ellis, Sophia embroidery sampler | Temporal: | name=18th century; start=1785; end=1785 | 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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