Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 664
AN ARTS AND CRAFTS NEEDLEWORK PANEL OF THE LADY AND HER PAGE
Estimate £800 - £1,200
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Description
AN ARTS AND CRAFTS NEEDLEWORK PANEL OF THE LADY AND HER PAGE
DESIGNED BY M. BOWLEY AND WORKED BY F. C. MAJOR 1897-98
embroidered with coloured silks, worked with bands of figures, birds and animals with three scenes, in a carved oak and glazed frame
50.5 x 137.5cm
Provenance
Christie's, The Roger Warner Collection, 21st January 2009, lot 580.
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Catalogue Note
This panel was previously owned by Roger Warner's grandfather Metford Warner who revolutionised the British wallpaper industry. He employed artists and designers such as C.F.A. Voysey, Walter Crane, William Burges, Owen Jones and E. W. Godwin to produce designs for wallpapers.