Casgliadau Arlein

LINEN CANVAS, embroidered with coloured silks and red cotton in cross stitch. Divided horizontally into two compartments; in the upper one, arranged in three rows preceded by a cross, are the letters of the alphabet and the name "b. drossart", in the lower compartment there is a candlestick with candle, a bird on a pedestal, a cross between the letters J I, and various detached letters and numerals. There is a narrow stripe border, double on two sides. Unfinished.

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