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Sampler

Sampler

  • Place of origin:

    Italy (made)

  • Date:

    16th century (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Linen, embroidered with silk in back and long-armed cross stitch

  • Museum number:

    T.14-1931

  • Gallery location:

    In store

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In their earliest form, samplers were put together as personal reference works for embroiderers. They were trials of patterns and stitches that had been copied from others, and records of particular effects achieved that could be recreated again. They would have been the work, not of children, but of more experienced embroiderers, and, to judge from the quality of samplers like this one, of professionals too.

Place of Origin

Italy (made)

Date

16th century (made)

Artist/maker

unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Linen, embroidered with silk in back and long-armed cross stitch

Dimensions

Height: 80 cm, Width: 47 cm

Descriptive line

Linen sampler embroidered with silk; Italian; 16th century

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.
'True Stitch: early samplers and the use of double running stitch' by Jennifer Wearden in Hali Issue 112, September/October 2000, pp. 92-97

Materials

Silk; Linen

Techniques

Weaving; Embroidering

Categories

Textile; Houshold Objects

Collection code

T&D

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