Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 754
A GEORGE III IRISH NEEDLEWORK QUAKER SCHOOL SAMPLER
Estimate £500 - £800
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Description
A GEORGE III IRISH NEEDLEWORK QUAKER SCHOOL SAMPLER
BY ELEANOR NOBLE
worked with black and green silk on a linen ground in cross stitch with Addison's hymn 'when all thy mercies, O my god', within a leafy border, signed and dated 'Eleanor Noble Mountmelick Boarding School Anno 1797', in a later gilt and ebonised frame
34.8 x 30cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.46 for a discussion of this sampler.