A WILLIAM IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

A WILLIAM IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

BY ELIZABETH ELLIOTT

worked in polychrome silks on a linen ground, with various stitches, including: satin, chain, long arm and rice, with a central colourful exotic bird, perhaps a Japanese cock-pheasant, with butterflies and a virtuous verse, titled 'Contentment', the floral border burgeoning with various flowers, including: dog roses, primula, scillia nonscripta and woodbine, signed and dated 'Elizabeth Elliott 1835', in a glazed bird's eye maple frame

41 x 32cm

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.140 for a discussion of this sampler.