Arts & Crafts Embroidery

‘Queen Eleanor Gives The Poisoned Cup To Fair Rosamond’

Silk on Linen

In a large Arts & Crafts oak frame with copper hand cut nails

Circa 1900

Framed: Height 63cm. Width 49cm. Depth 3cm

Unframed: Height 43cm. Width 33cm

According to legend, King Henry II hid his mistress, Rosamund Clifford, in a maze, and Eleanor found her way in using a red thread to confront her rival and force her to drink poison.