Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 708
AN EARLY VICTORIAN FOLK ART NEEDLWORK 'ADAM AND EVE' SAMPLER
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £280
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Description
AN EARLY VICTORIAN FOLK ART NEEDLWORK 'ADAM AND EVE' SAMPLER
BY ELLEN SADLER, POSSIBLY SCOTTISH
worked with coloured wools on a linen ground, with Adam and Eve flanking the Tree of Knowledge, with various initials and a floral border, signed and dated 'Ellen Sadler Aged 16 Feb. 3. 1839', in a later glazed ebonised frame
29 x 29.5cm
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.