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Description: | Artist: Biercom, Josephine; Date(s): 1844; Classification(s): embroidery, sampler, weaving, Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch with pattern or damask darning and stocking darning stitches. There is a selvedge on both sides and the top and bottom are turned under and stitched.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Longman, H.A. Mrs, 1938, Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest [T.111-1938]
Description: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch with pattern or damask darning and stocking darning stitches. There is a selvedge on both sides and the top and bottom are turned under and stitched. The sampler is made up of horizontal bands of repeat border patterns and rectangles of darning patterns, one band including two flower sprays and another the inscription 'JOSEPHINE BIERCOM 1844'. | 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: | Biercom, Josephine embroidery sampler | Temporal: | name=mid 19th century; start=1844; end=1844 | 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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