Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 736
A VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK SCHOOL SAMPLER
Estimate £150 - £250
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Description
A VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK SCHOOL SAMPLER
DATED '1849'
worked with polychrome silk floss on a linen ground with cross stitch, with the names of nine school class mates from Margaretting School, dedicated to 'Miss M Jesse from her first class', in a later glazed ebonised frame
20.9 x 33.3cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.62 for a discussion of this sampler.