Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 266
A VICTORIAN LONG NEEDLEWORK SPOT SAMPLER
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £80
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Description
A VICTORIAN LONG NEEDLEWORK SPOT SAMPLER
PROBABLY 1884
in the style of Berlin woolwork, worked in polychrome wool on cotton ground, with various techniques and stitches, including: cross, petit point, darning and tent, decorated with diverse motifs, some geometrical, some individual, including: a dog, a nibbling rabbit, lovehearts and a basket of flowers, and with the number '84' twice, in a later glazed ebonised frame
88.5 x 15.2cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.102 for a discussion of this sampler.