Solomon's Temple
Category
Textiles
Date
1849
Materials
Wool, linen and wood
Measurements
710 x 800 mm
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Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire
NT 784847
Summary
A large ‘Solomon’s Temple’ sampler embroidered in multi-coloured Berlin-type wools on linen canvas and signed ‘Ann Hoults work 1849’; the multi-storey Middle Eastern building with a central tower and many windows has a parrot in a tree on either side, all within a tulip scroll border. Bevelled and reeded oak frame of 1970s date, stained to a dark oak colour in 2005.