Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 347
A LARGE EARLY VICTORIAN BERLIN WOOLWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £500
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Description
A LARGE EARLY VICTORIAN BERLIN WOOLWORK SAMPLER
BY ANN UNDERWOOD
worked with coloured silks on a linen ground, with various techniques and stitches, with baskets of fruit, a view of a house and a church, a peacock, urns of flowers and with a central Italian lady in national costume beside a folly tower, signed and dated 'Ann Underwood Her Work Finished Febru.. The 17 1846 Aged 11 Years', in a glazed goncalo alves frame
53 x 44cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.157 for a discussion of this sampler.