A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

BY HONOUR SCOTNEY, C.1780

worked with polychrome silk stitches, including: chain, satin, button hole rings, eyelet and cross, on a linen ground, decorated with butterflies, birds, baskets of flowers and deer, around a central virtuous verse, titled 'On youth', around an exuberant floral border with ribbon tied posies of flowers and leaves, signed 'Honour Scotney Aetat 10 years', in a later glazed frame

46 x 33cm

Provenance

Sotheby's, The Oak & Country sale, 27th March 2003, lot 26.

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.118 for a discussion of this sampler.