Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 338
A WILLIAM IV NEEDLEWORK ANTI-SLAVERY SAMPLER
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £2000
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Description
A WILLIAM IV NEEDLEWORK ANTI-SLAVERY SAMPLER
BY M. A. ROBINS
worked with black silk floss on a linen ground, in cross stitch, with three extracts, the first one describing the sad plight of a negro woman, signed and dated 'M. A. Robins Birmingham, Octr 24 1831', in a later glazed ebonised frame
36.5 x 34.2cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.172 for a discussion of this sampler.