Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021

Lot 755

A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK QUAKER SCHOOL SAMPLER

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £800

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Description

A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK QUAKER SCHOOL SAMPLER

BY MARY LACY, ATTRIBUTED TO ACKWORTH SCHOOL

worked with black silk floss on a linen ground with virtuous verses titled 'To Silence', signed and dated 'Mary Lacy 1797', in a later glazed ebonised frame

42.6 x 28.5cm

Provenance

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.