Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 702
λ A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN FOLK ART NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £1400
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Description
λ A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN FOLK ART NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS
BY MARY ROLLEY
worked in wool on a course ground in cross stitch, each depicting a young lady, one seated on a grassy mound with her dog in her lap, the other with exaggerated leg of mutton sleeves to her dress, carrying posies of flowers, each flanked by small conifer trees and by floral sprays, signed ' Mary Rolley 1845', one with the text: 'Trust in the Lord and do good.', in glazed rosewood frames (2)
30 x 34cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.148-149 for a discussion of these samplers.