ace,
18 x 12 23 10 0
A stump picture, lady under arch with a
black swan, 20 x 16 (Stoner) 34 0 0
A stump picture, King Charles as Ahasuerus
with Haman and Mordecai, and pearl-embroidered
carpet, 23 x 17 28 0 0
A stump picture, lady under a canopy, large
pearls, 13 x 19, (Stoner) 34 0 0
A Stuart Petit Point picture, Abraham and
Hagar 16 16 0
A Stuart petit point picture, "Judgment of
Paris," 24 x 17 25 0 0
A Stuart petit point picture, King Solomon
and Queen of Sheba 18 18 0
A beadwork picture, lady and gentleman, lion
and unicorn, 21 x 17 12 12 6
An embroidered picture, "Peter denying
Christ," 24 x 17 (S. G. Fenton) 9 19 6
A petit point picture, lake with boats and
figures, 15 x 12 (Harris) 14 14 6
A large stump picture, with horse and rider
and figures of four seasons 30 10 0
A stumpwork picture, four figures, castle
and birds and flowers (S. G. Fenton) 33 0 0
A picture sketched on white satin, not worked 4 15 0
A Stuart picture on canvas 9 19 6
A fine Stuart jewel-casket, numerous secret
drawers, covered in needlework (S. G. Fenton) 47 5 0
A Stuart box, covered with bullion-work
(S. G. Fenton) 12 12 0
A Stuart box, with embroidery and pearls
(Spero) 16 16 0
A Stuart box, coloured bullion, 10 x 6 9 9 0
An embroidered box, with portrait on lid
(S. G. Fenton) 53 11 0
A Stuart mirror, covered with stump
embroidery, representing Charles I. and his
Queen (illustrated), (Rosthron) 102 18 0
Another mirror, with painted and embroidered
figures (Harris) 34 0 0
A Charles I. mirror in old lace and gold
frame, with borders in embroidery, with
portrait, castle, and floral decoration 40 0 0
3 yds. 13 inches long, 12 inches deep,
Cornice in Petit Point, Christie's,
July, 1908 (Harris) 204 15 0
XV
CONCLUSION
XV
CONCLUSION
Needlework as a national art is as dead as the proverbial door-nail;
whether or not it ever regai
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