A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK ADAM AND EVE SAMPLER

A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK ADAM AND EVE SAMPLER

BY ANN COOK

worked with polychrome silks on a linen ground, with various stitches and techniques, including: cross, split and chain, with Adam and Eve, their skirts contour shaded and the Tree of Knowledge entwined with a serpent, with a lion and a leopard, with a lattice design, with various other animals and birds, with a virtuous verse and a freehand floral border, signed and dated 'Ann Cook 1769', in a later glazed bird's eye maple frame

34.9 x 30.8cm

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.136 for a discussion of this sampler.