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Sampler
- Place of origin:
England (made)
- Date:
1633 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Mayow, Mildred (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Linen, embroidered with silk in double running, cross and Montenegrin cross stitch
- Credit Line:
Given by Muriel Gardiner
- Museum number:
T.194-1927
- Gallery location:
Textiles, room 100 (part store), case G, shelf 44
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. This is a type known as a band sampler, and it is the earliest signed and dated example in the Museum's collection. With the composition of band samplers comes the first clear indication in England of the form being used as a method of instruction and practice for girls learning needlework.
