Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 473
A RARE PAIR OF NEEDLEWORK QUAKER SAMPLERS
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £800
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Description
A RARE PAIR OF NEEDLEWORK QUAKER SAMPLERS
BY THE HOPKINS SISTERS, 1825 AND 1832, POSSIBLY IRISH OR AMERICAN
worked with coloured silks on a tammy ground, with various stitches, including: queen, cross, four sided and eyelet, each with alphabets, numerals and a verse, one signed 'Susan Hopkins's Work Aged 11 Years March 6th 1825', the other 'Lavinia Hopkims age 9 years 1832', in later glazed ebonised frames (2)
43.7 x 20cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, pp.92-93, for a discussion of these samplers.
Catalogue Note
It is interesting to note that the upper case Q in Susan's third alphabet is the same as those seen in Mountmellick examples.