Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 279
A DUTCH NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £200 - £300
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Description
A DUTCH NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
DATED '1811'
worked with coloured silk on a fine linen ground, with an abundance of motifs, including Adam and Eve flanked by a pair of crayfish, baskets of fruits, houses, a crowned pair of lions, figures holding grapes, a ship, signed and dated 'SMK 1811', in a later glazed ebonised frame
34.5 x 35cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.245, for a discussion of this sampler.