A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK QUAKER SAMPLER

A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK QUAKER SAMPLER

ATTRIBUTED TO ACKWORTH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY

worked with monochrome silk on a linen ground with half and full medallions, decorated with a swan urns of flowers, a cornucopia and leaves, in a later glazed kingwood frame, the back with several labels and inscribed in pen 'Hilary Plumptre'

19.5 x 20.8cm

Provenance

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