Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 343
A VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK ASYLUM SAMPLER
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £180
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Description
A VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK ASYLUM SAMPLER
BY ANN TANDY HALL
worked with blue silk on a linen ground, with cross stitch, with alphabets and various inscriptions: 'Lord of Lords', 'King of Kings', with floral sprays, signed and dated 'Royal Asylum of the St. Ann's Society, Brixton Hill, Ann Tandy Hall, Aged 14 Years, 29th december One Thousand Eight Hundred & Fifty Four', in a later glazed ebonised frame
42.4 x 33.9cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.52 for a discussion of this sampler.