Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 689
AN EARLY VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £180
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Description
AN EARLY VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY MARY RIDER
worked with wool on a linen ground depicting the crucifixion of Christ, with two British soldiers, with rabbits, urns of flowers and parrots perched on trees, with a verse and signed 'Mary Rider aged 9 years 1841', in a later glazed ebonised frame
37.5 x 38.2cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.259 for a discussion of this sampler.