Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 691
A GEORGE III FOLK ART NEEDLEWORK PARADISE LOST SAMPLER
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £350
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Description
A GEORGE III FOLK ART NEEDLEWORK PARADISE LOST SAMPLER
ANONYMOUS, C.1800
worked with coloured wools on a linen ground, with Adam and Eve with the Tree of Knowledge, titled 'Paradise Lost' and with Christ on the cross, titled 'Paradise Regained' with angels and stars, signed with initials 'A H', in a glazed ebonised frame
24 x 22.6cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.135 For a discussion of this sampler.