Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 474
A LATE GEORGE III IRISH NEEDLEWORK SCHOOL SAMPLER
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £420
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Description
A LATE GEORGE III IRISH NEEDLEWORK SCHOOL SAMPLER
BY JULIA WALSH
worked with two bands of diamond lozenges, the lower with internal crosses, with alphabets, numbers and bands of flowers, with a hymn 'The Lord is My Shepherd, My Guardian, My Guide', inscribed 'Julia Walsh worked this sampler at Mrs Lawlers School Youghall in the Thirteen year of her age November the 21st 1804.', above a darn border, in a later glazed gilt and ebonised frame
88.1 x 34.5cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.270 for a discussion of this sampler.