Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 299
A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK CAMPDEN SCHOOL SAMPLER
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £90
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Description
A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK CAMPDEN SCHOOL SAMPLER
BY MARY DRURY
worked with coloured silks on a linen ground, with a virtuous text within a freehand meandering flower border, signed and dated 'Mary Drury aged ten years Campden School 1822', in a later glazed bird's eye maple frame
28.2 x 23cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.60 for a discussion of this sampler.
Catalogue Note
A charity school was established in Chipping Campden early in the 18th century by James Thynne in nearby Buckland.