Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 752
A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £180
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Description
A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY MARY LAKE
worked with coloured silks on a linen ground with Adam and Eve and an extract from Genesis. III. V. I3, with trees, lions, birds, flowers and a shepherd and shepherdess, signed and dated 'Mary Lake Aged 8 years March 1st 1826', in a glazed giltwood frame
38 x 31.5cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.242 for a discussion of this sampler.