A CHARLES II NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER

A CHARLES II NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER

MID- TO LATE 17TH CENTURY

worked with various stitching, including: running, cross, satin, Montenegrin and bullion knots, with coloured silks on a linen ground, the top with an unfinished alphabet above bands of oak sprigs and acorns, periwinkle sprays, flowers and strawberry and leaf patterns, in a later glazed gilt and ebonised frame

34 x 15.6

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 1, pp.150-151 for a discussion of this sampler.