Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 716
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK 'MOURNING' SAMPLER
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £90
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Description
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK 'MOURNING' SAMPLER
ANONYMOUS
worked with red floss on a cotton ground in cross stitch with a verse titled 'On The Death Of An Infant', an ode to George an infant recently departed, in a later glazed ebonised frame
17.2 x 14.9cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.180 for a discussion of this sampler.