Geometric Motifs
Category
Textiles
Date
1630 - 1700
Materials
Textile
Measurements
755 x 210 mm
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Montacute House, Somerset
NT 597678
Summary
Sampler, undated, mid to late seventeenth century. Linen embroidered with coloured silks, silver and silver-gilt threads using rococo, tent, eyelet, double-running, Roumanian and interfacing stitches with pulled work. Geometric spot motifs at either end worked sideways to the length. Joined by two pieces of linen but with selvedges showing blue threads at opposite ends. Photo copyright NTPL/Richard Pike
Provenance
The collection of Dr Douglas Goodhart.