Sunday 6 December 2015
Band Samplers
Today I visited the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge where there are many things to marvel at. I don't think I have seen another collection where so many of the artists are household names. Wow, it's by Monet, look a Rodin sculpture, and another, a Picasso.... Or where so many artefacts are so old yet intact and exquisite. I also saw these band samplers, a style I've not seen before although I have seen plenty of "traditional" rectangular Victorian examples. These are English and stitched in silks in the mid 1600s. Photography was difficult in the low light conditions and with the work protected behind glass but I took a shot of both examples and a close up of a section of each. Enjoy.
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Beautiful, Lis. Don't you love the colour wbhich comes from the age of the textiles.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lis, wonderful to see. I always want to know who stitched them, what was their life like, did they have to stitch or just want to?
ReplyDeleteThanks Lis, wonderful to see. I always want to know who stitched them, what was their life like, did they have to stitch or just want to?
ReplyDeleteThanks Lis, wonderful to see. I always want to know who stitched them, what was their life like, did they have to stitch or just want to?
ReplyDeleteOh, these are beautiful examples of embroidery. How about making a TAST band? Sharon Boggons is 'a mile long'.
ReplyDeleteLovely to see - thanks for sharing! It always sounds like such an interesting collection.
ReplyDeleteexquisite tiny stitches, wonder if the narrow size was due to the width of the fabric?? Imagine how long it took to stitch them - by candlelight.
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