Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 203
A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £850
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Description
A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY RACHEL CANNOM
worked with coloured silks and wool on a linen ground, with various stitches, including: split, chain, long-armed, cross and rice with a verse titled 'Live to Die' and a free-hand basket of strawberries, cherries and grapes, with a bold floral border, signed and dated 'Rachel Cannom Aged 9 1826', in a glazed ebonised frame
43.5 x 31.1cm
Provenance
Christie's South Kensington, 24th October 2000, lot 53.
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.122 for a discussion of this sampler.