A CHARLES II NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER

A CHARLES II NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER

ANONYMOUS

worked with polychrome silk floss on an undyed linen ground with various stitches and techniques including: running, cross, long armed, satin, Algerian eye and double running, with bands of flowers, quatrefoil designs, quincunx, alphabets and other designs

64.6 x 16cm

Provenance

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 1, p.152 for a discussion of this sampler.