Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 333
AN EARLY VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK PROVIDENT SOCIETY SAMPLER
Estimate £500 - £800
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Description
AN EARLY VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK PROVIDENT SOCIETY SAMPLER
POSSIBLY BY JANE SHELLY
worked with polychrome silk floss on a fine linen canvas, with cross and running stitch, recording the admission of William Shelly to Chelmsford and Essex Provident Society', dated 'made 1848', in a glazed ebonised frame
30.4 x 32.9cm
Provenance
M. Finkel & Daughter.
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p. 173 for a discussion of this sampler.