Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021

Lot 238

TWO REGENCY NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £380

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Description

TWO REGENCY NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS

BY HANNAH NOBLE

worked with polychrome silks on a canvas ground, with cross and satin stitch, the larger relates to the first day of the Easter Triduum, with four tablets worked with the Lord's Prayer, Exodus Chapter XX and The Creed, the smaller decorated with crowns above temple columns and 'On Good Friday', both signed 'Hannah Noble' and dated '18010 and '1803', in later glazed frames (2)

41.5 x 31.5cm (max)

Provenance

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, pp. 252-253 for a discussion of these samplers.

Catalogue Note

These samplers were made as part of a four-piece series, all with a Christian subject.