A NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

A NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

BY MARGARET MILES, C.1840

worked with polychrome silks on a fine linen ground, in cross-stitch with mirrored motifs, including: cows, hunting dogs, floral sprays, two boys playing with a dog, the centre with trees and Adam and Eve, with a verse and signed 'Margaret Miles aged 12 Years', in a glazed oak frame

33.2 x 35.2cm

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.128 for a discussion of this sampler.