Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 272
A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK MEMORIAL SAMPLER
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £320
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Description
A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK MEMORIAL SAMPLER
BY L. S. M. DAVIS
worked with various stitches, with polychrome silks and some metallic thread, on a linen ground with traces of under drawing, with a central scene of a man and a woman beside a tomb, with trees and a colourful flower border, inscribed 'Sacred to the memory of our belov'd parents, father. obit June 7th 1825, aged 48 years, mother. obit Feby 12th 1826, aged 47 years. This piece is worked by their daughter, L. S. M. Davis, aged 14 years, 1832.', with a religious verse flanked by two C's with stars, in a glazed gilt and ebonised frame
53.5 x 33.5cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, the collection of Micheál and Elisabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.156 for a discussion of this sampler.