Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 234
A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £280
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Description
A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY ELIZA LEWIS, IN THE MANNER OF THE MULLER ORPHANAGE
worked in cross stitch on a linen ground, with excerpts from the poem 'Summer' by the Scottish poet, James Thomason, titled 'Praise of England', signed and dated 'Eliza Lewis's work done in the thirteenth year of her age anno domini 1829', in a verre eglomise glazed and bird's eye maple frame
22.2 x 23cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.173 for a discussion of this sampler.