A JAMES II NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER

A JAMES II NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER

DATED '1686'

worked with polychrome silk floss on an undyed linen ground, with various stitches, including: running, cross, double running, satin, long armed cross and detached buttonhole, with broad bands, the top with an alphabet and numerals, with initials and the date 'M H 1686', above a band of acorn motifs and leaves, a trellis band and further flowers, in a later glazed ebonised frame

46.5 x 20.7cm

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 1, p.171 for a discussion of this sampler.