Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 2nd October 2019

Lot 115

A George IV needlework sampler by Rachel Holmes

Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £280

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Description

A George IV needlework sampler by Rachel Holmes, worked with alphabets and numbers and with a religious poem 'Let gratitude in acts of goodness flow, Our love to God, in love to man below...', signed and dated 'Rachel Holmes, Alton, Hants, 1823, possibly Quaker, 36 x 30.1cm, in a glazed ebonised frame.

Provenance: 'A Lifetime of Collecting'-The property of a gentleman.