BOER WAR INTEREST. A NEEDLEWORK PICTURE

BOER WAR INTEREST. A NEEDLEWORK PICTURE

DATED '1901-1902'

naively embroidered with polychrome cotton and wool, on a khaki ground, using satin, chain, split and tacking stitch, decorated with stars, flags and leaves, inscribed 'Torn from my coat I send to thee this war worn piece of old khaki, with luck and love to thee alone My Dearest Sister in the good old home.', also inscribed 'Boer War 1901-1902' 'From Jim', above the initials 'R B' and the badge for the rifle brigade, in a later glazed gilt frame

33.3 x 27cm

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 1, p.181 for a discussion of this sampler.