Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 529
A NEEDLEWORK PICTURE
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £380
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Description
A NEEDLEWORK PICTURE
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
worked with coloured wools in tent stitch on an undyed canvas ground, depicting Elijah and the ravens, the prophet sits on a grassy mound wearing classical robes, the birds offering unleavened bread and meat, in a later glazed Hogarth type frame
23 x 19.4cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 1, p.126 for a discussion of this sampler.