Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 608
A GEORGE II NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £380
+ Buyers Premium
Description
A GEORGE II NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
ANONYMOUS C.1740
worked with coloured silks on a linen ground with cross, satin, stem and eyelet stitch with alphabets, numerals, two verses and geometric bands, signed with initials 'MM Age 8', in a later glazed ebonised frame
47 x 22.5cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.190 for a discussion of this sampler.