Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 307
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £420
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Description
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY JEFFERY EDWARD MICHELMORE, C.1807
worked with polychrome silk floss with petit point on a fine gauze ground, with a prayer flanked by flowers and butterflies, above central motifs of urns with flowers and peacocks between two church buildings, with a flower and vine border, in a verre eglomise glazed ebonised frame
16 x 16cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.100 for a discussion of this sampler.