Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 273
A MID-19TH CENTURY NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £250
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Description
A MID-19TH CENTURY NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
PROBABLY GERMAN OR DUTCH
worked with coloured silks on a linen ground with a girl skipping, birds perched on branches, a chair, a hanging shelf with china cups, a cockerel, a lantern and a cross, with crowned cartouches containing the initials of the maker's close relatives, signed and dated with initials 'A M F 184', in a later glazed reeded frame
27.6 x 27.2cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.244 for a discussion of this sampler.