Sampler
Dorothy Joyner (b. c.1655)
Category
Textiles
Date
1663
Materials
Textile
Measurements
490 x 200 mm
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Montacute House, Somerset
NT 597697
Summary
Sampler, dated 166(?3) Dorothy Joyner. Linen embroidered with coloured silks using double-running, cross and long-armed cross stitches. Band sampler of repeating stylized floral borders. Alphabet and initials 'DJ' at top, inscription 'Dorothy Joyner 8 166(?3). Selvedge with blue thread at top, sides and bottom edges hemmed. Photo copyright NTPL/Richard Pike
Provenance
The collection of Dr Douglas Goodhart.
Marks and inscriptions
Dorothy Joyner 8 166(?3)
Makers and roles
Dorothy Joyner (b. c.1655), embroiderer