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Aquilegia Embroidery
Charles II, c1660

A very nice example of a Stuart period embroidery which would make a lovely present for an embroiderer or gardener.



A slip is an embroidered motif, often a plant or flower with foliage.  They acquired their name from gardeners' slips or cuttings. To propagate a plant the gardener takes a stem cutting the base with a diagonal heel, then potting up the cutting to form a new plant. These embroidered motifs were popular on bedhangings from the mid sixteenth to the mid seventeenth centuries. smaller motifs were used on boxes and mirror frames.



I hope you like the oak frame I have used to mount the embroidery. To my eye it looks really good. 



 


Cataloguing

The two aquilegias in palest pink, yellow, ivofry, two shades of blue with four shades of green leaves and stems, outlined in black wool, worked in cross stitch, now mounted on a old natural linen and framed in a c 1910 oak frame. 



7 1/2 x7 in ; 19 x 18 cm.



The whole picture 13 x 11 in; 33 x 28 cm.


Condition

The pink is slightly faded but does not detract from the whole.