Band sampler embroidered at one end with decorative borders and at the other with three large crosses with scattered pictoral motifs. Stitches include: back, cross, double faggot, and pulled work. Inscribed: "Hecho por Maria Laimon I Sanchis"

Rectangular vertical, con borde en dobladillo a punto de vainica, bordados en diferentes calles inscritas que enmarcan el motivo central de abecedario, contario, inscripción, un barco de tres palos con banderas, perro, pájara, silla, jarrón y corazón. Color: Crudo con tostados, azules, verdes, rojo, amarillo y crudo. Decoración: Geométrica, zoomorfa y epigráfica, con significación simbólica, aplicación de borlas en los ángulos.

Carton : huile sur toile, 1785 (Musée national du château de Fontainebleau, MR 2691).
Laine et soie.10/11 fils de chaîne au cm. Haute lisse
Dim : H. 1.52 X  L. 1.12 (sans cadre)
Tissage : 11/01/1805 - 10/10/1806 ou 01/07/1814 - 03/09/1817
Marque : Vincent ft. 1785 - ( sur le piétement de la table).

Historique
De la tenture de l'Histoire d'Henri IV tissée sur des cartons commandés au peintre François-André Vincent par le comte d'Angiviller, directeur général des Bâtiments du roi, en 1783.

Polychrome silk yarns on a tan cotton ground. Central square compartment with scene of a house and trees. Above the compartment is an eight pointed star. Repeating around the compartment is the characteristic cross-like motif with geometric and linear filling patterns. Many groups of initials and abbreviated names appear throughout. Lower left hand corner area of squares with lozenge motives worked entirely in silk with no cotton ground.  Stains; slightly soiled. Stitches: cross, darning, eyelet, pattern darning.

1817, France

1817, France