Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 221
A MID-VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK SCHOOL SAMPLER
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £200
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Description
A MID-VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK SCHOOL SAMPLER
BY FANNY FRANCIS
worked with red floss silk on a linen ground, with cross stitch, with alphabets, numerals, crowns and a verse, signed and dated 'Fanny Francis Aged 11 Years August 1860 West Grinstead National School', in a glazed bird's eye maple frame
20.7 x 19.5cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.54 for a discussion of this sampler.