Maker:
Seward, Eliabeth; maker
Collection:
J.W.L. Glaisher
Category:
embroidery
Name:
sampler
Other Name:
band sampler; category
Date:
1668
Charles II
Period:
17th Century
Description:
Band sampler, yellow linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, cross and filling stitches with detached needle lace stitches. There is a selvedge o the bottom edge, the other edges are turned under and stitched. The sampler comprises 12 horizontal bands of repeat geometric and stylized floral and figurative patterns, two alphabets, the date '1668' and the inscription 'ELIZABETH SEWARD'.
Production
Place:
England
Production
Place (legacy):
England, production, country
English, nationality
Technique(s):
weaving; whole
embroidering; whole; double running, cross and filling stitches
Material(s):
linen; whole; yellow
silk; whole; polychrome
Technique
Description:
Band sampler, yellow linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, cross and filling stitches with detached needle lace stitches. There is a selvedge o the bottom edge, the other edges are turned under and stitched.
Dimension(s):
length, 33.1/4, in
width, 8.3/4, in
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1928-12-07; Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr
Acquisition Credit:
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Exhibition(s):
Samplers. 1993-06-15 - 1993-09-26
Organiser: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Venue: Octagon Gallery
Documentation:
Humphrey, Carol. 1993. Sampler Exhibition in the Octagon.Cambridge (Cambs.):
Accession:
Object Number: T.42-1928
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 110588; input: 2004-11-05; modified: 2012-10-04)
Permanent
Identifier:
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