A RARE CHARLES II NEEDLEWORK HYBRID SPOT AND BAND SAMPLER

A RARE CHARLES II NEEDLEWORK HYBRID SPOT AND BAND SAMPLER

DATED '1668'

worked with various stitches, including double running, chain, split and eyelet, in silk floss on a linen ground, with birds, flowers, leaves, butterflies, insects, a worm and foliate bands, signed and dated with initials 'K E N I H 1668', in a later glazed Hogarth type frame

70.3 x 18cm

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 1, p.184 for a discussion on this sampler.

Catalogue Note

This is a significant sampler because it presents both spot motifs and bands together on a single cloth. There are only a small number of 'hybrid' samplers such as this.