Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 618
A RARE CHARLES II WHITEWORK AND POLYCHROME NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £800
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Description
A RARE CHARLES II WHITEWORK AND POLYCHROME NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER
MID- TO LATE 17TH CENTURY
worked in various stitches, including: running, satin, dove's eye, spider's web, whipped and buttonhole bars, with coloured silk floss on linen ground, the top with an alphabet and initials 'D B', worked with floral and geometric bands, in a later glazed gilt and ebonised frame
75.4 x 18.1cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 1, p.185 for a discussion of this sampler.