Maker:
Bridon, Frances; maker
Collection:
J.W.L. Glaisher
Category:
embroidery
Name:
sampler
Other Name:
band sampler; category
Date:
1644
dated
Period(s):
mid 17th century; Charles I
Description:
Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, cross, Montenegrin Cross, satin, detached overcast and trellis stitch, with detached needlepoint lace filling stitches. There are fourteen bands, ten of horizontal repeating border patterns, mainly floral but some including birds with a bead for an eye, 'boxers' and a repeating hand motif. The upper four bands contain an alphabet and the inscription 'EterA/ FRANCeS BRIdON Oct 31/MD 1644 Aged 10'.
Production
Place:
England
Production
Place (legacy):
England, maker, country
English, maker, nationality
Technique(s):
weaving; whole
embroidering; whole; double running, cross, Montenegrin Cross, satin, detached overcast and trellis stitch
needle point lace; whole; filling stitches
Material(s):
linen; whole; ground
silk; whole; polychrome
beads (glass); whole; eyes of the birds
Technique
Description:
Linen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, cross, Montenegrin Cross, satin, detached overcast and trellis stitch, with detached needlepoint lace filling stitches
Dimension(s):
length, 86.25, cm
width, 18.5, cm
length, 35.1/4, in
width, 7.1/2, in
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1928-12-07; Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr
Acquisition Credit:
Dr J.W.L Glaisher Bequest
Inscription:
newspaper; upper bands of the sampler; embroidery; EterA/ FRANCeS BRIdON Oct 31/MD 1644 Aged 10; embroidered in silk thread
Exhibition(s):
English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam. 1984-07-10 - 1984-09-14
Organiser: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Venue: Octagon Gallery
Notes: see Documentation
Catalogue number: 9
Documentation:
Humphrey, Carol. 1984. English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam.Cambridge (Cambs.): The Fitzwilliam Museump. 5
Publ. p. 5, no. 9
Accession:
Object Number: T.5-1928
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 110552; input: 2004-11-05; modified: 2012-09-21)
Permanent
Identifier:
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