Casgliadau Arlein

Double thread canvas ground embroidered with brightly coloured wools in cross stitch. Wavy stem border with multi-coloured oak[?] leaves and acorns. At the top is the maker's verse flanked by floral, star and animal motifs. In the centre, a band of freely worked motifs, including a cow, a large robin[?] and a sheep[?], with smaller crowns, hearts, a kettle and a cat, with maker's inscription and date below. At the bottom, a further band of motifs, the most prominent of which is a mallard duck, with bird and floral motifs.