Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 613
A RARE NEEDLEWORK SPOT SAMPLER
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1300
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Description
A RARE NEEDLEWORK SPOT SAMPLER
MID-17TH CENTURY
worked with coloured silk floss and metal thread on an undyed ground with various stitches including: double running, eyelet, satin, reversed Italian cross and plaited braid, with lozenges or diapers, with roses and other flowers, signed with initials 'AC', in a later glazed oak frame
52 x 15cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 1, pp.172-3 for a discussion of this sampler.