ix. p. 12), Mrs. H.
Senior sues the Earl of Thomond for L200 per annum, her
pay for teaching his daughter needlework. Mrs.
Hutchinson, in her Memoir, says she had eight tutors
when she was seven years old, and one of them taught her
needlework. This shows how highly this accomplishment
was still considered in the days of Charles I. and the
Commonwealth. Later, Evelyn speaks of the "new bed of
Charles II.'s queen, the embroidery of which cost L3000"
(Evelyn's Memoirs, January 24, 1687). Evelyn says of his
own daughter Susanna, who married William Draper: "She
had a peculiar talent in designe, as painting in oil and
miniature, and an extraordinary genius for whatever
hands can do with a needle." See Evelyn's "Memoirs,"
April 27, 1693; also see Mrs. Palliser's "History of
Lace," pp. 7, 8.

[611] The tree-pattern, already common in the latter
days of Elizabeth, reappeared on a dress worn by the
Duchess of Queensberry, and described by Mrs. Delany;
she says, "A white satin embroidered at the bottom with
brown hills, covered with all sorts of weeds, and with a
brown stump, broken and worked in chenille, and
garlanded nasturtiums, honeysuckles, periwinkles,
convolvuluses, and weeds, many of the leaves finished
with gold." Mrs. Delany does not appreciate this ancient
pattern.

[612] Queen Mary only knotted fringes. Bishop Burnett
says: "It was strange to see a queen work so many hours
a day." Sir E. Sedley, in his epigram on the "Royal
Knotter," says,--

"Who, when she rides in coach abroad,
Is always knotting threads."

Probably it was the fashion, as Madame de Maintenon
always worked during her drives with the king, which
doubtless prevented her dying of _ennui_!

[613] I quote from the _Spectator_, No. 606: "Let no
virgin receive her lover, except in a suit of her own
embroidery."

[614] Her style was really legitimate to the art. It was
flower-painting with the needle. Miss Moritt copied both
figures and landscapes, with wonderful taste and
knowledge of drawing. Miss Linwood's and Mrs. Delany's
productions are justly celebrated as _tours de force_,
but they caused the downfall of the art by leading it on
the wrong track.

[615] Lord Houghton alludes to H.R.H.'s patronage of the
revival of embroidery in his paraphrase of