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Sampler

1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Mexico (made)

Sampler of embroidered linen with white linen thread and coloured silks in satin, back, cross, long-armed cross and drawn fabric stitches, with needle weaving and beadwork. Floral borders and other designs worked on linen.
Colonial import restrictions kept glass beads in short supply until Independence, when increased availability made them popular for samplers, napkins and costume trimmings.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Embroidery
Interiors
Object type
Sampler
Materials and techniques
Embroidered linen with linen thread and coloured silks
Linen
Silk
Embroidered
Plain Weave
Beading
Brief description
Sampler of embroidered linen with linen thread and coloured silks, Mexico, 1850
Physical description
Sampler of embroidered linen with white linen thread and coloured silks in satin, back, cross, long-armed cross and drawn fabric stitches, with needle weaving and beadwork. Floral borders and other designs worked on linen.
Colonial import restrictions kept glass beads in short supply until Independence, when increased availability made them popular for samplers, napkins and costume trimmings.
Dimensions
  • Length: 29.75in
  • Width: 13.75in
Marks and inscriptions
'Dechado. de Encarnacion / Castellanos. Iunios. de. 1850.' [Sampler. By Encarnacion Castellanos. June 1850] (Embroidered off-centre)
Credit line
Bequeathed by A. F. Kendrick
Bibliographic references
  • Chloë Sayer, Mexican Textiles, London, 1990, p. 70-71, 88
  • Lesley Ellis Miller and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds., Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion, London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.92-1954

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O360120/sampler-unknown/
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