A REGENCY NEEDLEWORK ACROSTIC SAMPLER

A REGENCY NEEDLEWORK ACROSTIC SAMPLER

ANONYMOUS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

worked with three crosses and text, titled 'On the Crucifixion of our Saviour and the Two Thieves', within a satin stitched border of moss rose, heartsease, carnation and fritillary, in a later glazed bird's eye maple frame

51.3 x 53.2cm

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.255 for a discussion of this sampler.