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Maker/s

Lawle, Anne (maker)

Collection

J.W.L. Glaisher

Category

embroidery

Name

sampler

Description

Band sampler worked in polychrome silks with an alphabet, two figures, animals, arcaded flowers and at the top bans of needle weaving, drawn and cut work and needle lace filling stitches.

Linen pictorial band sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, Montenegrin cross, double running, satin, split, trellis and detached buttonhole stitch. Linen thread is worked in the hem and double running, counted satin and eye stitch with needle weaving, and drawn and cutwork with needle lace filling stitches make up the top bands of the sampler. Three edges are hemmed and there is a selvedge at the top.The pattern consists of three conventional floral arcaded bands at the bottom; immediately above them is the large-scale arcaded pattern with birds, probably woodpeckers. Above another two bands, one wide the other narrow, with stylized arcaded flowers. Above these two bans is the widest band of the sampler with two figures dressed in the fashion of the 1650s, standing either side of an apple tree. The inscription above includes an alphabet, the name 'ANNe LaWLe' with the remnants of stitching and faded ink reading " february". The less decipherable date is either 1655 or 1665.

Production Place

England (country)

English (nationality)

Technique Description

Linen pictorial band sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, Montenegrin cross, double running, satin, split, trellis and detached buttonhole stitch. Linen thread is worked in the hem and double running, counted satin and eye stitch with needle weaving, and drawn and cutwork with needle lace filling stitches make up the top band of the sampler. Three edges are hemmed and there is a selvedge at the top.

Dimensions

length: 74.5 cm
width: 24.5 cm
length: 29.1/4 in
width: 9.1/2 in

Period

17th Century

Date

possibly 1655 to 1665

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
   Position: above the figures in a horizontal band
   Method: embroidery
   Content: ANNe LaWLe
   Description: embroidered in faded pink silk
   Interpretation: name of the maker
   

Documentation

1. Humphrey, Carol (1984) English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam, Cambridge (Cambs.): The Fitzwilliam Museum [page: 5]
   [comments: Publ. pl. 5, no. 11]
2. Humphrey, Carol (1997) Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, Samplers, Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Press [page: 28]
   [comments: Publ. No. 9]
3. Humphrey, Carol (1993) Sampler Exhibition in the Octagon, Cambridge (Cambs.)
4. Ashton, Leigh (1926) Samplers, Plymouth: The Mayflower Press

Other Notes

Accession Number

T.15-1928 (Applied Arts)
(Reference Number: 110562; Input Date: 2004-11-05 / Last Edit: 2010-01-19)