Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 629
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £500
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Description
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY FANNY COPPARD
worked with coloured silks on a linen ground, with short aphorisms and meandering flower borders, with a central vase of flowers flanked by a pair of dogs, lions on plinths and stags, signed and dated 'Fanny Coppard 1795 Aged 10 Years', in a glazed ebonised frame
34.1 x 30.6cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.269 for a discussion of this sampler.