Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 727
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £200
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Description
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY SARAH RAMSBOTTAM
worked with coloured and black silks on a fine gauze ground, with three verses from Joseph Addison, with various animals and a loveheart with initials 'SR', in a glazed ebonised frame, inscribed in pen to back 'Worked by Sarah Ramsbottam 1752-1792'
26 x 25.5cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.206 for a discussion of this sampler.