Maker(s) &
Production:
Unidentified, production, England
Collection:
J.W.L. Glaisher
Category:
embroidery
Name:
sampler
Other Name:
band sampler; category
Date:
1669
Charles II
Period:
17th Century
Description:
Linen band sampler embroidered in polychrome silks in double running, cross, Montenegrin cross, two-sided Italian cross, satin, counted satin, Algerian eye, stem, whipped stem and trellis stitch with bullion knots, some couching and detached needlepoint filling stitches. All the edges are hemmed. The sampler is divided into fourteen horizontal bands of repeat floral border patterns, some including raised and detached work with a complex pattern filling the widest band. The bottom three bands contain an alphabet and the inscription 'M W 1669'.
Technique(s):
weaving; whole
embroidering; whole; ouble running, cross, Montenegrin cross, two-sided Italian cross, satin, counted satin, Algerian eye, stem, whipped stem and trellis stitch with bullion knots
couching (embroidering); whole
Material(s):
linen; whole
silk; whole; polychrome
Technique
Description:
Linen band sampler embroidered in polychrome silks in double running, cross, Montenegrin cross, two-sided Italian cross, satin, counted satin, Algerian eye, stem, whipped stem and trellis stitch with bullion knots, some couching and detached needlepoint filling stitches. All the edges are hemmed.
Dimension(s):
length, 70, cm
width, 21, cm
length, 28, in
width, 8, in
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1928-12-07; Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr
Acquisition Credit:
Dr J.W.L Glaisher Bequest
Inscription:
initials and date; bottom bands of the sampler; embroidery; M W 1669; embroidered in silk thread; initials of the maker and year of completion
Exhibition(s):
English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam. 1984-07-10 - 1984-09-14
Organiser: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Venue: Octagon Gallery
Documentation:
Humphrey, Carol. 1984. English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam.Cambridge (Cambs.): The Fitzwilliam Museump. 10
Publ. No. 26
Ashton, Leigh. 1926. Samplers.Plymouth: The Mayflower Press
Accession:
Object Number: T.44-1928
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 110590; input: 2004-11-05; modified: 2013-06-03)
Permanent
Identifier:
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