Maker:
Unknown; production
Collection:
J.W.L. Glaisher
Category:
embroidery
Name:
sampler
Other Name:
whitework band sampler; category
Date:
circa 1700
Mary II
Period:
circa 1700
Description:
Whitework band sampler worked with linen thread in hem, counted satin and eyelet stitch with cut and drawn work with needle weaving and needle lace filling stitches. There is a plain selvedge at the top, the sides are hemmed and the bottom edge is buttonholed. There are whitework bands of geometric and floral motifs with three of the band containing small detached cutwork squares with various filling designs.
Production
Place:
England
Production
Place (legacy):
England, production, country
English, nationality
Production
Note:
This sampler is incomplete
Technique(s):
weaving; whole
embroidering; whole; hem, counted satin and eyelet stitch
cut and drawn work; whole; needle weaving and needlepoint lace filling stitches
Material:
linen; whole; ground and thread
Technique
Description:
Whitework band sampler worked with linen thread in hem, counted satin and eyelet stitch with cut and drawn work with needle weaving and needlepoint lace filling stitches. There is a plain selvedge at the top, the sides are hemmed and the bottom edge is buttonholed.
Dimension(s):
length, 64, cm
width, 15.5, cm
length, 25.7/8, in
width, 5.3/4, in
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1928-12-07; Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr
Acquisition Credit:
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
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. 14
Publ. No. 39
Accession:
Object Number: T.93-1928
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 110639; input: 2004-11-05; modified: 2012-09-21)
Permanent
Identifier:
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