Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 749
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £360
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Description
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY JANE CHRISTIE
worked with coloured silks on a linen ground in cross stitch with a country house, with oak trees, dogs, stags above floral sprays, a verse 'On Virtue' and a pair of arbours with baskets of fruit, signed and dated 'Jane Christie Her Work Anno Domini 1798', in a later glazed bird's eye maple frame
46.5 x 48.5cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.29 for a discussion of this sampler.