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Sampler

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A sampler made as an apprentice piece by a young woman. Silk embroidery on cotton ground with cross, long-armed cross, double-running, and stem stitches. Colours are blue, yellow, red, green, mauve, and orange. The sampler has on either edge versions of a waving or zig-zag pattern such as occurs on the Azemmour embroideries. Another version of this pattern occurs on one side and the central part of the sampler. A large portion of the central part contains a series of edging patterns of different sizes, all representing various forms of conventional leaf or plant devices. The other parts of the two central panels show varieties of the closely-worked wide border bands often found on Salé pillows, each with the appearance of a series of gable-ends set side by side. Below in two cases there is a geometrical version of an oblique leaf pattern. In the third case the edging below is a frieze of cross or starry devices.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk embroidery on linen
Brief description
Embroidered silk on cotton; Morocco; 1800s.
Physical description
A sampler made as an apprentice piece by a young woman. Silk embroidery on cotton ground with cross, long-armed cross, double-running, and stem stitches. Colours are blue, yellow, red, green, mauve, and orange. The sampler has on either edge versions of a waving or zig-zag pattern such as occurs on the Azemmour embroideries. Another version of this pattern occurs on one side and the central part of the sampler. A large portion of the central part contains a series of edging patterns of different sizes, all representing various forms of conventional leaf or plant devices. The other parts of the two central panels show varieties of the closely-worked wide border bands often found on Salé pillows, each with the appearance of a series of gable-ends set side by side. Below in two cases there is a geometrical version of an oblique leaf pattern. In the third case the edging below is a frieze of cross or starry devices.
Dimensions
  • Length: 6.75in
  • Width: 6in
Credit line
Given by Mrs Lewis F. Day
Object history
Registered File no. 9901/1926.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.219-1929

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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