Sampler
Mary Carter (fl.1698)
Category
Textiles
Date
1698
Materials
Textile
Measurements
890 x 210 mm
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Montacute House, Somerset
NT 597724
Summary
Sampler, dated 1698, Mary Carter. Linen embroidered with coloured silks and linen threads using double-running, satin, long-armed cross and Algerian eye stitches with French knots. Coloured and whitework band sampler of conventional border patterns incorporating flower motifs. Alphabets. Inscription -'Mary Carter her sampler ended the Forth Day of May in the Year 1698'. Photo copyright NTPL/Richard Pike
Provenance
The collection of Dr Douglas Goodhart.
Makers and roles
Mary Carter (fl.1698), embroiderer