A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK ADAM AND EVE SAMPLER

A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK ADAM AND EVE SAMPLER

BY ELIZABETH MAYFIELD

worked with polychrome silk floss on a fine gauze ground, in various stitches, including: cross, satin, darning and wheatear, the top section with a central coat of arms issuing a thistle like flower, above a verse of 'Ambition', flanked by two angels, deer, trees and flowers, the lower section depicting Adam and Eve, each reaching for an apple from the Tree of Knowledge, with a serpent and a bird perched on top, surrounded by a Queen, an apostle and animals, including: sheep, rabbits and birds, in a zigzag vine and strawberry border, signed and dated 'Elizabeth Mayfield 1798'

41.5 x 45cm

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.133 for a discussion of this sampler.