Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 692
λ AN EARLY VICTORIAN FOLK ART NAIVE NEEDLEWORK PICTORIAL SAMPLER
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £150
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Description
λ AN EARLY VICTORIAN FOLK ART NAIVE NEEDLEWORK PICTORIAL SAMPLER
ANONYMOUS, C.1840-50
worked with coloured wools on a coarse linen ground, with possibly Little Bo Peep, a shepherd seated under a tree accompanied by his dog and with a flock of sheep, with a pair of urns of flowers, a butterfly and an inscription 'How grand in age, How fair in Youth, Is holy friendship, Love and truth', in a glazed rosewood frame
39 x 23cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.20 for a discussion of this sampler.