Maker:
Davies, Eliazbeth; maker
Collection:
J.W.L. Glaisher
Category:
embroidery
Name:
sampler
Other Name:
band sampler; category
Date:
1699
William and Mary
Period:
17th Century
Description:
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silk and linen threads in cross, eyelet hole and satin stitch. The sampler comprises 15 horizontal bands with repeat border patterns, alphabets, and the inscriptions "MAde THIS IN The YeAr" , "1699', ' ElizeBeth DA / VIeS 1699 IN the O Lor dd" and. "O GreAt God Are Not The RAVeNS Feed By / The ANd WILLt THOU CLOVth The LILLeeS / ANd NOt Me IeLL NeAre DIStrvst MY GOd / FOr RAMeNt NOR Yet For BreAd WhiLest / The LILLeeS FLORISH ANd THe RAVeNS Fed'.
Production
Place:
England
Production
Place (legacy):
England, production, country
English, nationality
Technique(s):
weaving; whole
embroidering; whole; cross, eyelet hole and satin stitch
Material(s):
linen; whole; ground and thread
silk; whole; polychrome
Technique
Description:
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silk and linen threads in cross, eyelet hole and satin stitch
Dimension(s):
length, 34.3, cm
width, 20.9, cm
length, 13.1/2, in
width, 8.1/4, in
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1928-12-07; Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr
Provenance:
purchased June 14, 1928
Acquisition Credit:
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Accession:
Object Number: T.88-1928
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 110634; input: 2004-11-05; modified: 2012-10-04)
Permanent
Identifier:
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