Sampler, Geometric and Naturalistic Motifs; including a Caterpillar with black bead eyes, and a Rabbit and Dog which are drawn but not worked.
Category
Textiles
Date
1630 - 1700
Materials
Textile
Measurements
510 x 220 mm
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Montacute House, Somerset
NT 597674
Summary
Sampler, undated, mid to late seventeenth century. Linen embroidered with coloured silk threads using eyelet, cross, rococo, tent and Roumanian stitches. Geometric and naturalistic motifs; the latter including a caterpillar with black bead eyes, and a rabbit and dog which are drawn but not worked. selevedge top and bottom with single blue thread, sides turned and hemmed. Photo copyright NTPL/Richard Pike
Provenance
The collection of Dr Douglas Goodhart.