A QUEEN ANNE NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER

A QUEEN ANNE NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER

BY ELIZABETH HEARNE

worked with polychrome silk floss on an undyed linen ground, with a variety of stitches, including: double running, cross, long armed cross, Algerian eye and satin, half-finished, with bands of scrolling leaves, flowers, strawberries and nigella sprays, signed and dated 'Elizabeth Hearne Her Work In The Eighth Year of Her Age and In the Year 1700', in a later glazed gilt and wood frame

87.8 x 24.7cm

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 1, pp.186-187, for a discussion of this sampler.