Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 111
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £950
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Description
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.