Sampler, 1656, British, Linen worked with silk thread; long-and-short, split, stem, back, tent, cross, and satin stiches, H. 27 7/8 x W. 10 3/8 inches (70.8 x 26.4 cm); Framed: H. 30 3/4 x W. 12 1/4; D. 1 1/4 (78.1 x 31.1; 3.2 cm), Textiles-Embroidered, This type of sampler is known as a band sampler, composed of horizontal rows or bands of embroidered patterns worked along the surface of the linen. Most of the patterns themselves were quite old-fashioned by this time; many of them derive from sixteenth-century printed pattern books
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Sampler, 1656, British, Linen worked, silk thread, long, short, split, stem, back, tent, cross, satin stiches, H, 27 7/8 x W, 10 3/8 inches, 70.8 26.4 cm, Framed, 30 3/4, 12 1/4, D, 1, 78.1 31.1, 3.2, Textiles-Embroidered, type, sampler, band sampler, composed, horizontal rows, bands, embroidered patterns, worked, surface, linen, patterns themselves, quite old-fashioned, time, derive, sixteenth-century printed, pattern, books
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