Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 6th July 2021
Lot 180
A GEORGE I NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £450
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Description
A GEORGE I NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER
BY SOPHIA POULSEN
worked with coloured silks and cotton on a linen ground with alphabets, the date '1711' with crowns, urns of flowers flanked by dogs, the Lord's Prayer, a verse and 'Sophia Poulsen is my name and England is my Nation, Stepney is my dwelling place and Christ is my salvation, 1715 Aged 10', in a later glazed bird's eye maple frame
46.7 x 20.2cm
Provenance
'A Lifetime of Collecting' - The Property of a Gentleman.