Sampler (needlework)

Sampler (needlework)

A (needlework) sampler is a piece of embroidery produced as a demonstration or test of skill in needlework. It often includes the alphabet, figures, motifs, decorative borders and sometimes the name of the person who embroidered it and the date. The word "sampler" is derived from the Latin ‘exemplum’ - an example.

History

The oldest surviving samplers were constructed in the 15th and 16th centuries. As there were no wills and passed down through the generations. These samplers were stitched using a variety of needlework stylesA border was added to samplers in the 17th century, and by the middle of the 17th century alphabets became common, with religious or moral quotations, while the entire sampler became more methodically

Samplers today

Samplers are widely stitched today, some using kits purchased from needlework shops, some from chart-packs, and many from patterns available on the Internet or through e-mail from designers. Patterns range from simple using only one stitch, to complex, using 15 to 20 and more stitches. Designs range widely in style, from accurate reproductions of historic pieces to much more contemporary and modern styles. Many sampler reproductions are also available, copying colors and imperfect stitches from the originals.

Materials used include aida cloth, evenweave, and linen fabrics, in cotton, linen, and man-made materials combined in more and more ways; and fibers from cotton floss to silk, rayon, viscose, and metallic.

ee also

*cross stitch

External links

* [http://inaminuteago.com/articles/samplerhist.html A brief history of embroidery samplers]
* [http://www.needleworksamplers.com Sampler history and design]
* [http://www.museocaprai.it/en/collezione_search.php?pagina=1&mostra=0&epoca=-1&tipo_id=-1&tecnica_id=-1&prov_id=-1&Search_string=sampler Old Sampler - Virtual Museum of Textile Arts]
* [http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/search.aspx?advanced=colClassification%3a%22samplers%22 Images of samplers from the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa]
* [http://www.vam.ac.uk/ Victoria and Albert museum]
* cite web |publisher= Victoria and Albert Museum
url= http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/textiles/stories/sampler/index.html
title= Sampler story
work=Textiles
accessdate= 2007-09-03

Notes

References

* [http://www.r3.org/bookcase/wardrobe/ward10.html Privy Purse Expenses of Elizabeth of York: Wardrobe Accounts of Edward IV at the Richard III Society site] , retrieved February 20, 2007
*Fawdry, Marguerite, and Deborah Brown, "The Book of Samplers", St. Martin's Press, New York, 1980, ISBN 0-3120-9006-4


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