Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 744
TWO INDIAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £420
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Description
TWO INDIAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS
PROBABLY JESSORE, C.1860
both worked with cotton cross stitch on canvas ground, one with a printed label on the back 'All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine for reproof for correction for instruction in righteousness 3.16 Blandford St, Native Village School' and 'James, this is Timothy, verse 2 3.16, the school was in Joshor' and the other inscribed in pen on the back 'For Elizabeth, both in later glazed wooden frames (2)
27 x 28cm (max)
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.238 for a discussion of these samplers.