Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 304
AN EARLY VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £280
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Description
AN EARLY VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY ELIZABETH SARAH WHEELER
worked with various stitches, including: satin and cross stitch with polychrome silk floss, with a pair of pillared tablets of the Ten Commandments flanking a central gilt urn of flowers, the corners with Berlin woolwork motifs, including a temple, a house in a parkland setting and a small boy riding a mastiff, signed and dated 'Elizabeth Sara Wheeler Aged 12 Years 1848', in a glazed bird's eye maple frame
47 x 49cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.7 for a discussion of this sampler.