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Sampler

Sampler

  • Place of origin:

    Zeeland, Holland (probably, made)

  • Date:

    1763 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Gerritsen, Gerarda, born 1700 (maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Cotton, embroidered with silk in pattern darning and cross stitch, with eyelets

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Mrs Grove

  • Museum number:

    T.186-1921

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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The earliest samplers were reference works for embroiderers. They showed 'samples' of patterns and stitches and recorded how to achieve particular effects. In Europe in the 17th century samplers provided instruction and practice for girls learning needlework. In The Netherlands, needleworkers made elaborate darning samplers to show off their darning skills in the late 1700s. These samplers may have been the source for English darning samplers. However the samplers from The Netherlands are more usually signed and dated than the English ones.

Physical description

Sampler embroidered in coloured silks mainly in darning stitches. There are fifteen large cross-shaped panels and two small ones filled with diaper patterns (stripes, chequers, lozenges) and floral and fruit sprigs in darning. Towards the bottom is the date 'ANNO 1763' beneath a crown and inscription 'GERARDA GERRITSEN' and 'BY SS'. The colours are blue, light green, yellow, dark brown, pink and red.

Place of Origin

Zeeland, Holland (probably, made)

Date

1763 (made)

Artist/maker

Gerritsen, Gerarda, born 1700 (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Cotton, embroidered with silk in pattern darning and cross stitch, with eyelets

Marks and inscriptions

'ANNO 1763 / GERADA / GERRITSEN BY SS'

Dimensions

Length: 36.8 cm, Width: 36.8 cm

Descriptive line

Cotton darning sampler, embroidered with silk; the Zeeland area of the Netherlands; dated 1763.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Browne, Clare and Jennifer Wearden, eds. Samplers from the Victoria and Albert Museum. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 1851773096.

Production Note

Attribution by Rosalie Sloof, researcher, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands in 2002

Materials

Cotton; Silk

Techniques

Embroidering

Subjects depicted

Fruit; Crown

Categories

Household objects; Embroidery

Production Type

Unique

Collection code

T&F

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