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Maker:
Unidentified; production
Collection:
J.W.L. Glaisher
Category:
embroidery
Name:
sampler
Other Name:
band sampler; category
Date:
1679
Charles II
Period:
17th Century
Description:
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks and silver metal thread in chain, cross, double running, knot, satin, trellis and lace filling stitches. The sampler comprises 22 horizontal bands. At the top, above a wide band of geometric patterns, is an incomplete and a complete alphabet, the date "1679" and some random letters or pairs of initials. The remaining bands are of horizontal repeat patterns including one of " Boxers"
Production
Place:
England
Production
Place (legacy):
England, production, country
English, nationality
Technique(s):
weaving; whole
embroidering; whole; chain, cross, double running, knot, satin, trellis and lace filling stitches
Material(s):
linen; whole
silk; whole; polychrome
silver metal thread; whole
Technique
Description:
Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks and silver metal thread in chain, cross, double running, knot, satin, trellis and lace filling stitches
Dimension(s):
length, 84.4, cm
width, 22.5, cm
length, 33.1/4, in
width, 8.7/8, in
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1928-12-07; Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr
Acquisition Credit:
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Accession:
Object Number: T.62-1928
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 110608; input: 2004-11-05; modified: 2012-12-06)
Permanent
Identifier:
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