A CHARLES II NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER

A CHARLES II NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER

BY HANNAH ALLEN

worked with coloured silk floss in a variety of stitches, including: running, cross, four sided cross, eyelet, satin and stem on an undyed linen ground, with bands of flowers, leaves and figures, with alphabets, signed and dated 'Hannah Allen her work she was born the .. of December 165..This 10 Day of March 1670', in a later glazed gilt and wood frame

102 x 15.5cm

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 1, p.170 for a discussion of this sampler.