Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 747
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK DARNING SAMPLER
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £450
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Description
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK DARNING SAMPLER
BY SOPHIA DOGGETT, C.1796
worked in polychrome silks in long and short stitch on a linen ground, with nine damask darning patterns demonstrating a unique weaving pattern, with free-hand sprigs of flowers, signed 'Sophia Doggett Aged Seven Years', in a later glazed bird's eye maple frame
42 x 40cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.68 for a discussion of this sampler.