Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 267
A NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £90
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Description
A NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY ANN CAIRNS, MID-19TH CENTURY
worked with colourful wool on a chocolate coloured linen ground, with a beadwork effect, decorated with an alphabet, numbers, geometric designs and strawberries, with a religious command 'Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth', in a later glazed gilt and ebonised frame
30.5 x 18cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.270 for a discussion on this sampler.