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Description: | Artist: H, Martha, maker; Date(s): after 1701 - before 1800; Classification(s): embroidery, sampler, weaving, Darning sampler, cotton, embroidered with polychrome silks in stem and darning stitch; Acquisition: given by Hope, St John, Lady, 1939-05-30, Given by Lady St John Hope [T.8-1939]
Description: Darning sampler, cotton, embroidered with polychrome silks in stem and darning stitch. The centre of the sampler is taken up by a spray of mixed flowers in many patterns of damask darning; the outlines are in stem stitch. Placed in the corners, are differently designed cross-shaped darnings. The sampler also includes the inscription 'Marthe H Aged 13 years'. | 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: | H, Martha embroidery sampler | Temporal: | name=18th century; start=1701; end=1800 | 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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