A NEEDLEWORK PICTURE

A NEEDLEWORK PICTURE

LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY

worked with silk and satin and metal thread, with various stitches and techniques, including: applique, knots, laid, couched and long and short satin, depicting a man and a lady wearing classical costumes, seated next to a fountain with their dog, within scrolling leaves, flowers and birds, in a later gilt and wood frame

46.5 x 70cm

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 1, pp.102-103 for a discussion of this sampler.