Sampler
1600-1650 (made)
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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 this unfinished example, of professionals too.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Linen embroidered with linen |
| Brief description | Linen sampler embroidered with linen, Italy, 1600-1650 |
| Physical description | Linen sampler embroidered with linen, with cut work, drawn thread work and buttonholed bars. |
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| Credit line | Given by Margaret Simeon |
| Object history | Registered File number 1992/524. |
| Summary | 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 this unfinished example, of professionals too. |
| Bibliographic reference | Browne, Clare and Jennifer Wearden, eds. Samplers from the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 1851773096. |
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| Accession number | T.126-1992 |
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| Record created | November 15, 2002 |
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