Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 321
A GEORGE II NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £700
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Description
A GEORGE II NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY SARAH ARROWSMITH
worked with colourful silks on a linen ground, with French verse, with bands of love hearts and strawberries, with a stag, rabbits, dogs, lions, trees, birds and bunches of grapes, signed 'Fait par Sarah Arrowsmith agee de 10 ans 1734', in a later glazed gilt and ebonised frame
30.1 x 22.5cm
Provenance
Bonhams, 7th May 2008, lot 375.
The Papillon Estate, Crowhurst Park, Sussex.
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.206 for a discussion of this sampler.