Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 634
A GEORGE II NEEDLEWORK DECALOGUE SAMPLER
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £550
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Description
A GEORGE II NEEDLEWORK DECALOGUE SAMPLER
BY ELIZABETH HILL
worked with coloured silks on a linen ground with cross and chain stitch with two tablets 'Exodus Chapter The XX' with the ten commandments, with polychrome floral tendrils and geometric borders, signed and dated 'Elizabeth Hill Aged 12 Years November the 7 1742', in a later bird's eye maple glazed frame
31.9 x 24.9cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p. 264 for a discussion of this sampler.
Catalogue Note
Elizabeth Hill was an Aunt of Sir Rowland Hill who started the Penny-Post. She was a relation of Elizabeth Hill of the Ho, Kidderminster.