A GEORGE III HOLY POINT NEEDLE LACE SQUARE

A GEORGE III HOLY POINT NEEDLE LACE SQUARE

BY MARGARET DAVISON

with a lattice design created by applied cream silk slips, worked with various lace designs, with the inscription 'Margt Davi 1808' worked into the central square, in a glazed ebonised moulded wood frame, the reverse of the frame with a handwritten note 'This seems to have been laced by the Margaret Davidson who died in 1830. Her name is worked into the middle square & the date seems to be 1808.'

13.3 x 13.8cm

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.70 for a discussion of this sampler.

Catalogue Note

Holy or hollie point is a flat needle lace completely detached from the fabric. Its name relates to items worked with this technique and used in liturgical laces. The Puritans were the first to make common use of this needlework design.