Lot Essay
Bywater appears often as a surname in this period in Yorkshire, and the embroideress of this unusual piece is likely to have been one of the several born in the late 17th century in this area.
ANNE BYWATER, ENGLISH, DATED 1712
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CHRIST AND THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA
ANNE BYWATER, ENGLISH, DATED 1712
The shield-shaped petit-point worked with central figures at the well, surrounded by flowers and exotic creatures including phoenix, a lion and leopard, and peacocks and with text from the biblical gospel of John, chapter four above the date May 17 Anno Domini 1712
Framed and glazed
The embroidery 21 x 33.5in. (53.3 x 85cm.),
the frame 25 x 41in. (63.5 x 104cm.)
ANNE BYWATER, ENGLISH, DATED 1712
The shield-shaped petit-point worked with central figures at the well, surrounded by flowers and exotic creatures including phoenix, a lion and leopard, and peacocks and with text from the biblical gospel of John, chapter four above the date May 17 Anno Domini 1712
Framed and glazed
The embroidery 21 x 33.5in. (53.3 x 85cm.),
the frame 25 x 41in. (63.5 x 104cm.)
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