Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 280
A FINE GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK PICTORIAL SAMPLER
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £950
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Description
A FINE GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK PICTORIAL SAMPLER
BY SARAH MERICK
worked with polychrome silks on a tammy ground, with satin, chain and split stitches, depicting a solitary elegantly dressed lady visiting a country churchyard, enclosed by railings, with headstones and an oversized thrush perched in a tree stump, the church with a clock tower, the corners with roses within a free-hand three quarter border, signed and dated 'Sarah Merick 1804', in a glazed giltwood frame
32.4 x 41.7cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.4 for a discussion of this sampler.