Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021

Lot 478

A CHARLES II NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1000

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Description

A CHARLES II NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER

ANONYMOUS

worked with polychrome silk floss on an undyed linen ground with various stitches and techniques including: running, cross, long armed, satin, Algerian eye and double running, with bands of flowers, quatrefoil designs, quincunx, alphabets and other designs

64.6 x 16cm

Provenance

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 1, p.152 for a discussion of this sampler.