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Description: | Artist: Clowder, Elizabeth, maker; Date(s): 1678; Classification(s): embroidery, sampler, weaving, Linen band sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, Montenegrin cross, satin, eyelet and trellis stitch. White linen thread is worked in hem, double running, counted satin, eyelet and stem stitch. There is some cut and drawn work with needle weaving, needlepoint lace filling stitches and a small panel of holliepoint. There is a plain selvedge at the top and bottom and the sides are hemmed; Acquisition: given by Minet. J. Miss, 1964-10-15, Given by Miss J Minet [T.31-1964]
Description: Band sampler, linen, worked in silk and linen thread in a variety of stitches. The pattern includes horizontal repeating floral and geometric border patterns, two inscriptions, two sets of initials and two dates. | 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: | Clowder, Elizabeth embroidery sampler | Temporal: | name=17th Century; start=1678; end=1678 | 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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