Said
to have been made by Elizabeth Clarke (1655-99) when
she was about twenty years old. These baskets may have
been made to celebrate betrothals and used to hold gloves
or sprigs of rosemary given to wedding guests.
Liz
Athur's "Embroidery 1600-1700 at the Burrell Collection."
London: John Murray, 1995. ISBN: 0-7195-5413-6
