Maker(s) &
Production:
Pain, Elizabeth, maker, England
Collection:
J.W.L. Glaisher
Category:
embroidery
Name:
sampler
Other Name:
band sampler; category
Date:
1667
Charles II
Period:
17th Century
Description:
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, double running and satin stitch. The sampler comprises eight horizontal bands which are mainly filled with repeat border patterns except the top band which has an alphabet worked in cross stitch in an otherwise blank space.
Technique(s):
weaving; whole
embroidering; whole
Material(s):
linen; whole
silk; whole; polychrome
Technique
Description:
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, double running and satin stitch
Dimension(s):
length, 80, cm
width, 20.6, cm
length, 31.1/2, in
width, 8.1/8, in
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1928-12-07; Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr
Acquisition Credit:
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Accession:
Object Number: T.37-1928
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 110583; input: 2004-11-05; modified: 2012-12-06)
Permanent
Identifier:
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