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Maker/s

Elisabeth (maker)

Collection

J.W.L. Glaisher

Category

embroidery

Name

sampler

Description

Linen band sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, cross, Montenegrin cross and satin stitch with some speckling and detached needle lace stitches. All the edges are hemmed. The pattern consists of neatly worked bands of highly stylized floral repeat patterns and at the top a band incorporating two boxer figures. the name 'eLSABeth' and the date '1629' are worked at lower end of the sampler.

Production Place

England (maker) (country)

English (maker) (nationality)

Technique Description

Linen band sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in double running, cross, Montenegrin cross and satin stitch with some speckling and detached needle lace stitches. All the edges are hemmed.

Dimensions

length: 64 cm
width: 16 cm
length: 25.1/4 in
width: 6.1/4 in

Period

17th Century

Date

1629

Provenance

bequeathed: Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr 1928-12-07 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection)

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Inscriptions/Marks

1. name and date
   Position: bottom of sampler
   Method: embroidery
   Content: Elizabeth
   Description: embroidered in different coloured silks
   Interpretation: the name of the girl who made the sampler
   Language: English
   

Documentation

1. Sebba, Anna (1979) Samplers, Five Centuries of a Gentle Craft, London
   [comments: illustrated]
2. Humphrey, Carol (1984) English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam, Cambridge (Cambs.): The Fitzwilliam Museum [page: 3]
   [comments: Publ. pl. 3, no. 7]
3. Humphrey, Carol (1997) Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, Samplers, Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Press [page: 16-17]
   [comments: Publ. pp. 16-17, No. 3]
4. Humphrey, Carol (1993) Sampler Exhibition in the Octagon, Cambridge (Cambs.)
5. Morrall, Andrew (2008) English Embroidery from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1580-1700, 'Twixt Art and Nature, New Haven & London: Yale University Press [page: 148]
   [comments: Publ. p. 148, cited briefly under no. 18]

Other Notes

Accession Number

T.1-1928 (Applied Arts)
(Reference Number: 110548; Input Date: 2004-11-05 / Last Edit: 2009-11-17)