Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 282
A FINE GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK PICTORIAL SAMPLER
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £650
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Description
A FINE GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK PICTORIAL SAMPLER
ANONYMOUS, C.1800
worked with polychrome silks on a linen ground, with various stitches and techniques, including satin and double silk, with a view of a house and a ruined tower, with shading on the lawn and detailing on the large bush to the left of the house, in a freehand embroidered floral border, with daisies, roses, lilies, gillyflowers and bellflowers, in a glazed giltwood frame
33.8 x 39cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.13 for a discussion of this sampler.