Needlework picture
Category
Textiles
Date
1600 - 1700
Materials
Needlework, Wood, Wool
Measurements
290 mm (H)355 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
A La Ronde, Devon
NT 1313590
Summary
Needlework picture - This 17th century embroidery is worked with fine wools and silks on a linen base, the allegorical scene is quite typical of embroidered pieces from this period although the use of a mythological subject, such as Orpheus, was less common. Biblical characters and royalty were often the central figures.
Provenance
Original Parminter item that was removed from A la Ronde by Stella Tudor upon her marriage in 1880; taken with her to the Vicarages of Turkdean then East Garston and, after her death, with her husband to Reading. Upon his death this item was recorded in both the 1925 and the 1930 Probate and Valuation Inventory and was then passed to his daughters Margaret and Stella Tudor who returned it to A la Ronde upon Margaret`s purchase of the property. Purchased from Mrs Tudor Perkins 1991.