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Description: | Artist: Unidentified; Date(s): 1796; Classification(s): embroidery, sampler, weaving, Darning sampler, linen, embroidered with red and dark blue woollen, pink silk and white linen threads in darning stitch.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Longman, H.A. Mrs, 1938, Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest [T.106-1938]
Description: Darning sampler, linen, embroidered with red and dark blue woollen, pink silk and white linen threads in darning stitch. The sampler has 26 darns arranged into 6 bands; these include whitework, damask darn, inserted darning and stocking web darn. One of the darns contains the initials 'IFH'. | 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=18th century; start=1796; end=1796 | 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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