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Sampler
- Place of origin:
Italy (made)
- Date:
1600-1660 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Piccolomini, Gullia (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Linen, embroidered with linen and metal thread in satin stitch, with cutwork, drawn thread work and buttonholed bars
- Museum number:
T.787-1919
- Gallery location:
In store
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 thatcould be recreated again. This sampler includes a range of repeating patterns suitable for the decoration of linen, and also a figure of a woman or girl alongside the maker's name, perhaps a self-portrait.
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