Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021

Lot 359

A MEXICAN NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER

Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £450

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Description

A MEXICAN NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

embroidered with rectangular panels, with various designs, with leaves, birds, animal and geometric patterns, with further silk decoration following traditional Spanish designs, similar to embroidered blouses, signed 'Miagutlan 1813', in a later glazed gilt and ebonised frame

97 x 31.6cm

Provenance

Upper Slaughter Manor, the collection of Micheál and Elisabeth Feller.

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.236 for a discussion of this sampler.