λ A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN FOLK ART NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS

λ A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN FOLK ART NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS

BY MARY ROLLEY

worked in wool on a course ground in cross stitch, each depicting a young lady, one seated on a grassy mound with her dog in her lap, the other with exaggerated leg of mutton sleeves to her dress, carrying posies of flowers, each flanked by small conifer trees and by floral sprays, signed ' Mary Rolley 1845', one with the text: 'Trust in the Lord and do good.', in glazed rosewood frames (2)

30 x 34cm

Provenance

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.148-149 for a discussion of these samplers.