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Maker(s) &
Production:
Leedes, Joyce, maker, England
Collection:
J.W.L. Glaisher
Category:
embroidery
Name:
sampler
Other Name:
spot motif and band sampler; category
Date:
dated 1675
Period:
third quarter of 17th century
Description(s):
Band sampler worked in polychrome silks with alphabets and dozens of spot motifs including figures, animals (birds, horses, deer, a goat, snail, owl, frog, lion) and a mermaid.
Linen band sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, back, satin, eyelet, cross, Montenegrin cross, trellis and detached needle lace stitches. Three edges are finished with buttonhole stitch and there is a selvedge at the top. The sampler consists of two joined pieces. The design includes horizontal bands of inscription with dozens of small spot motifs above and below. The inscription is made up of two alphabets, the name 'Ioyce Leedes' and the date '8 JUNE 1675'. At the top there is an incomplete alphabet and numerals in rather less structured bands. There is also a small panel with the initials 'IL' at the bottom of the sampler. The larger design includes a female figure, a mermaid, a male figure, a person on horseback, a reindeer, a couple holding hands, an owl, other birds, smaller animals, insects, and stylized flowers.
Technique(s):
weaving; whole
embroidering; whole; double running, back, satin, eyelet, cross, Montenegrin cross, trellis and detached needle lace stitches
Material(s):
linen; whole; ground
silk; whole; blue, green, pink, red, brown, yellow, white
Technique
Description:
Linen band sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, back, satin, eyelet, cross, Montenegrin cross, trellis and detached needle lace stitches. Three edges are finished with buttonhole stitch and there is a selvedge at the top. The sampler consists of two joined pieces.
Dimension(s):
length, 41.5, cm
width, max, 12.75, cm
length, 16.3/4, in
width, 5.1/4, 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. 1997. Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, Samplers.Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Pressp. 32-3
Publ. p. 32, no. 1, illustrated p. 33
Humphrey, Carol. 1984. English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam.Cambridge (Cambs.): The Fitzwilliam Museump. 10
Publ. Pl. 11, No. 28
Colby, Averil. 1964. Samplers Yesterday and Today.London: B.T. Batsford Ltd.
Publ. fig. 98
Morrall, Andrew. Watts, Melinda. 2008. English Embroidery from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1580-1700, 'Twixt Art and Nature.New Haven & London: Yale University Pressp. 158
Publ. p. 158, cited
Accession:
Object Number: T.57-1928
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 110603; input: 2004-11-05; modified: 2013-06-03)
Permanent
Identifier:
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