Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 196
A REGENCY IRISH NEEDLEWORK QUAKER MOUNTMELLICK SCHOOL SAMPLER
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £900
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Description
A REGENCY IRISH NEEDLEWORK QUAKER MOUNTMELLICK SCHOOL SAMPLER
BY ELIZABETH NEALE
worked with polychrome silks in cross, satin and eyelet stitch on a linen ground, with brightly coloured alphabets, one in the mythical 'Holbein' stitch and numerals, with bands of flowers within a scrolling leaf and flower border, signed and dated 'Elizabeth Neale Mountmelick Boarding School Anno 1807', in a later glazed wood frame
55 x 33.4cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Catalogue Note
William Edmundson, the father of Quakerism in Ireland, settled in Mountmellick along with John Pim and a number of other Quakers in 1659. The first Quaker school was opened in Mountmellick in 1677 where stitching and knitting were taught to both girls and boys.