Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10 Nov 2021
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A FOLK ART NEEDLEWORK 'ADAM AND EVE' SAMPLER
A FOLK ART NEEDLEWORK 'ADAM AND EVE' SAMPLER
ANONYMOUS, 19TH CENTURY
worked with coloured wools and silks on a canvas ground in back, satin and needlepoint stitches, depicting the the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve beside the Tree of Knowledge , titled 'Eden', in a glazed wood frame
22.8 x 24cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.134 for a discussion of this sampler.
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