Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 619
A NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1900
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Description
A NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER
POSSIBLY SCOTTISH, LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY
worked with coloured silk floss with a variety of stitches, including: cross, double running, satin and eyelet, on an undyed linen ground, with bands of flowers with Florentine flame stitch panels and uncompleted boxer figures, with raised couched details, the base partially signed 'Margaret ....Ms', with pairs of family initials, in a later glazed ebonised frame
116.2 x 19.5cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.