Casgliadau Arlein

CANVAS, embroidered with coloured wools in cross and satin stitches. In the middle, within an oblong compartment, is the inscription: "Margaret Davies / April 1843" worked in black silk. Above there is a peacock and flowering plant in vase, below there is a basket of flowers. The remaining space is filled with conventional trees (one unfinished), flowering plants, floral devices and birds, symmetrically arranged in pairs. There is a border of a floral zig-zag stem within a narrow, straight stripe.

Source: Guide to the Collection of Samplers & Embroideries (Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, 1939) by F.G. Payne.