Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 547
AN 18TH CENTURY GERMAN NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £750
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Description
AN 18TH CENTURY GERMAN NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER
DATED '1765'
worked with polychrome silk floss on a canvas ground, with various techniques and stitches, the top section with a central flower and leaf wreath, with the initials and date 'CFL den 1765', above the lamb of God, a large parrot perched on a cherry branch, a pastoral scene of a shepherd and shepherdess with their sheep, above a depiction of Christ on the crucifix, surrounded by the instruments of passion, the lower section with alphabets, numbers and crowns, and pattern rows, in a glazed ebonised and gilt frame
108 x 27cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.240 for a discussion of this sampler.