Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 684
A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK 'MEMORIAL' SAMPLER
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £300
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Description
A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK 'MEMORIAL' SAMPLER
BY JOANNA COLLIHOLE
worked in monochrome black floss silk on a linen ground in cross stitch commemorating the death of her mother, inscribed 'On the Death of my dear Mother, Died Dec 2. A. D. 1822, Aged 52', with an account of the funeral service at the Wesleyan Chapel, beneath is a depiction of a young girl lamenting upon a tomb in a churchyard, with verses and inscriptions, signed and dated 'Joanna Collihole's Sampler. Finished. September 21. 1823', in a glazed ebonised and gilt frame
32.3 x 32.7cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.149 for a discussion of this sampler.
Catalogue Note
Collihole is a surname associated with Winkleigh in Devon, they were the farmer-yeomen, maltsters, grocers, wheelwrights and carriers of the town.