Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 644
A QUEEN ANNE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £350
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Description
A QUEEN ANNE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY SARAH ABBOTT
worked with coloured silks on a linen ground with verses from Isaac Watt's 'Hymns and Spiritual Songs', in a bold tulip, rose and carnation border and with a green satin edge, signed and dated 'Sarah Abbott 1705', in a later glazed frame
33.5 x 25.3cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, pp. 116-117. for a discussion of this sampler.