Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 224
λ A WILLIAM IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £550
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Description
λ A WILLIAM IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY MARY ELIZABETH BERRY
worked with polychrome silks on a linen ground, with cross stitch, with a three storey Georgian house, flanked by a pair of Adam and Eves, with baskets of fruit and flowers, with various birds and a verse, signed and dated 'Mary Elizabeth Berry Aged 11 years 1837', in a glazed rosewood frame
41.9 x 30cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.126 for a discussion of this sampler.