Sampler with spot motifs including peapods and hearts

Details

• Title

  Sampler with spot motifs including peapods and hearts

• Artist/maker

  Suzannah Connington (active 1667) (embroiderer)

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England (place of creation)

• Date

  1667

• Material and technique

  linen, embroidered with coloured silk; backstitch; pulled-thread openwork, raised work and running stitch

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › fibre › flax › linen;

  organic › animal › animal product › silk

• Technique index

  needleworked › embroidered;

  woven

• Object type

  textile › sampler;

  textile

• Dimensions

  83 x 19.5 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by John Buxton, 1990.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA1990.41

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