A SPANISH NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER

A SPANISH NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER

ANONYMOUS MADE FOR FRANCYSCA FARFANNO

worked with polychrome silks on a linen ground, with a free-hand basket of flowers with a bird, butterfly and a dog above geometric bands, and panels of various designs

signed and dated 'Por Francysca Farfanno 3 De 1858', in a later glazed ebonised frame

67.8 x 35cm

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.236-37 for a discussion of this sampler.