Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 337
A WILLIAM IV NEEDLEWORK HISTORICAL SAMPLER
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £180
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Description
A WILLIAM IV NEEDLEWORK HISTORICAL SAMPLER
BY HENRIETTA COTTLE
work in cross and eyelet stitch on a tammy ground, with alphabets, numerals and a quote from the 'Vicar of Wakefield' by Oliver Goldsmith, above a list of English Kings and Queens, signed and dated 'Henrietta Cottle June 7 1833', with a ribbon outer border, in a later glazed gilt and ebonised frame
32.2 x 33.5cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 1, p.187 for a discussion of this sampler.