Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 425
AN EARLY VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £150
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Description
AN EARLY VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY ANNE WILLS INSLEY
worked with polychrome silks on a linen ground in cross, satin, stem and running stitch, depicting Jesus meeting with his mother Mary after his first fall, the fourth Station of the Cross, with pairs of butterflies, birds, urns of flowers, squirrels, bees and a birdcage, in a rose border, signed and dated 'Anne Wills Insley Aged 11 years 1843', in a glazed ebonised frame
41.1 x 31.2cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.258 for a discussion of this sampler.