Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 210
A REGENCY NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £450
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Description
A REGENCY NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY MARY WOODROFFE
worked with polychrome silks on a tammy ground, in split, eyelet, satin and petit point stitches, with a pair of winged cherubs blowing trumpets above two tables, with hymns based on psalms 99 and 100, above a bird and a naive squirrel, signed 'Perform'd by Mary Woodroffe', in later glazed wood frame
48.5 x 31cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.147 for a discussion of this sampler.