Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 311
A LATE REGENCY NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER ATTRIBUTED TO THE SCARR FAMILY
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £150
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Description
A LATE REGENCY NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER ATTRIBUTED TO THE SCARR FAMILY
DATED '1819'
possibly worked by a novice, in polychrome silks and wool on a coarse linen ground, with alphabets, numerals, a text, urns of flowers and birds, in a later glazed gilt and ebonised frame
34.5 x 24.5cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.56 for a discussion of this sampler.