Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 189
A FINE GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK ADAM AND EVE SAMPLER
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1200
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Description
A FINE GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK ADAM AND EVE SAMPLER
BY SUSANNAH PLATT
worked with polychrome silks on a linen ground, with various stitches and techniques, including: satin, eyelet, petit point and cross, with the Lord's Prayer, Creed and Grace, flanked by candlesticks on plinths, with angel's masks and tasselled drapes, above Adam and Eve with the Tree of Knowledge entwined by the serpent, flanked by a pair of strawberry cartouches, signed and dated 'Susannah Platt her work finish & in the 10th year of her age 1776', in a later glazed Hogarth type frame
44.7 x 31cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p. 127, for a discussion of this sampler.