Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 296
A REGENCY NEEDLEWORK MEMORIAL SAMPLER
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £500
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Description
A REGENCY NEEDLEWORK MEMORIAL SAMPLER
BY ELIZABETH HARRISON
worked with polychrome silks and beads on a linen ground, commemorating the death of Queen Charlotte, with a sarcophagus, inscribed 'Mrs Charlotte Died November 6 1817 Aged 22', with an urn issuing leaves, with a pair of weeping willow trees, birds and squirrels, inscribed 'On The Death of Her Royal Highness The Princess Charlotte of Wales', signed and dated 'Elizabeth Harrison's Work 1837', in a glazed burr oak frame
35.5 x 31.5cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.177 for a discussion of this sampler.