Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 205
λ A REGENCY NEEDLEWORK FAMILY REGISTER SAMPLER
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £4500
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Description
λ A REGENCY NEEDLEWORK FAMILY REGISTER SAMPLER
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
worked with polychrome silk floss, with cross, long, short, split, stem and satin stitches on a fine linen ground, recording the marriage of John and Catherine Mellor in 1789, with the dates of the births of their seven children: John, James, Mary, Jane, Fanny, Sarah and Abraham and listing their deaths, 'James Mellor unfortunately killed Marched 21 1803 by falling into a coal pit in the action of sweeling in the 15 year of his age', with a freehand depiction of a crane, angels, birds, a butterfly, a lion, animals and trees in a floral border, in a glazed rosewood frame
41.8 x 33.5cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.144 for a discussion of this sampler.
Catalogue Note
Sweeling means burning furze.