Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 287
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2800
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Description
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY SALLY COZENS
worked with polychrome silks on a linen ground, with various stitches, including: satin, cross, stem, seeding, split and chain, with the verse 'The Fragrant Rose', with two large baskets of flowers flanking an elegantly dressed lady holding a rose in her garden, with a dog and a hen, above two gentlemen, one holding a rifle, and a deer, a pointer dog, birds and two cottages, signed and dated 'Sally Cozens Her Work in the 13 Year of Her Age 1794', in a later glazed ebonised and gilt frame
39.2 x 32.5cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.11 for a discussion of this sampler.