Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 305
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £200
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Description
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
worked with polychrome silk floss on an organza ground, mainly in cross stitch, with a farewell message as a verse, above flowering trees, birds, two gauntlets and a heart with a cross, with the inscription 'from BL to MG', in a zigzag, cross and diamond border, with a deliberately frayed ribbon edge, in a later glazed ebonised frame
15.6 x 20.9cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.199 for a discussion of this sampler.