Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 320
A PAIR OF LATE REGENCY NEEDLEWORK BAINBRIDGE SCHOOL SAMPLERS
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1400
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Description
A PAIR OF LATE REGENCY NEEDLEWORK BAINBRIDGE SCHOOL SAMPLERS
ONE BY PATIENCE SCARR, DATED '1819'
both worked with coloured silks on a linen ground, with cross and rice stitches and inscribed 'Bainbridge 1819', flanked by lions and with a verse, one with Adam and Eve, with a small castle, birds, urns of flowers and a dog, signed 'Patience Scarrs Aged 8 Years', the other worked with a large 'Solomon's Temple flanked by urns of flowers, titled and signed '...s Aged 12 Years', in later glazed ebonised frames (2)
41.5 x 32.5cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, pp.56-57, for a discussion of these samplers.
Catalogue Note
This pair of Bainbridge samplers is very much alike in the upper sections, while the lower areas have their own pictorial scene. Patience Scarr was the daughter of George and Emma Scarr and she was born on 17th June 1811 and registered at Richmond. Bainbridge is a village in Yorkshire, sited on the river Bain.