A RARE NEEDLEWORK SPOT SAMPLER

A RARE NEEDLEWORK SPOT SAMPLER

BY GRACE THRUSTON, MID-17TH CENTURY

worked with polychrome silks on an undyed linen ground, with various stitches including, eyelet, cross, chain and satin with various motifs, floral designs, a stylised castle and an obelisk, signed 'Grace Thruston', in a later glazed ebonised frame

51.9 x 20.5cm

Provenance

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