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Sampler

Sampler

  • Place of origin:

    England, Great Britain (made)

  • Date:

    1600-1625 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Linen, embroidered with silk and metal thread in tent, long-armed cross and Romanian and plaited braid stitch, with knots and pulled thread work

  • Museum number:

    9047-1863

  • 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

England, Great Britain (made)

Date

1600-1625 (made)

Artist/maker

unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Linen, embroidered with silk and metal thread in tent, long-armed cross and Romanian and plaited braid stitch, with knots and pulled thread work

Marks and inscriptions

'I R' for James Rex, King James I

Dimensions

Height: 61.6 cm, Width: 21.6 cm

Descriptive line

Linen sampler embroidered with silk and metal thread; English; first quarter of the 17th 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.

Materials

Silk; Linen; Metal thread

Techniques

Embroidering

Subjects depicted

Flowers; Women; Horse; Mermaid; Unicorn

Categories

Textile; Houshold Objects

Collection code

T&D

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