Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 323
A GEORGE II NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £180
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Description
A GEORGE II NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY JANE NELMES
worked with polychrome silks on a cotton ground, with cross, half cross and split stitch, the top section with a verse from the ending of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, the final line completed with numerals, above a pattern row of crowns, three birds and various motifs, with the inscription 'Jane Nelmes born December Ye 3 1740', in a glazed ebonised and gilt frame
20 x 15cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.190 for a discussion of this sampler.