Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 358
A SPANISH NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER
Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £500
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Description
A SPANISH NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER
ANONYMOUS MADE FOR FRANCYSCA FARFANNO
worked with polychrome silks on a linen ground, with a free-hand basket of flowers with a bird, butterfly and a dog above geometric bands, and panels of various designs
signed and dated 'Por Francysca Farfanno 3 De 1858', in a later glazed ebonised frame
67.8 x 35cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.236-37 for a discussion of this sampler.