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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): after 1780 - before 1830; Classification(s): embroidery, sampler, weaving, net, embroidered with linen thread in many varieties of darning and running stitches forming lace patterns and fillings; Acquisition: bequeathed by Longman, H.A. Mrs, 1938, Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest [T.141-1938]
Description: Net, embroidered with linen thread in many varieties of darning and running stitches forming lace patterns and fillings. The sampler comprises a map of England and Wales, with the degrees of latitude and longitude worked. Each county is filled by a different pattern, those in England are numbered, those in Wales lettered. A key to these is mounted upon rose coloured silk. | 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: | Unknown embroidery sampler | 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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