Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 758
A REGENCY NEEDLEWORK QUAKER ACKWORTH SCHOOL SAMPLER
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £600
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Description
A REGENCY NEEDLEWORK QUAKER ACKWORTH SCHOOL SAMPLER
BY MARY LADD
worked with black silk floss on a linen ground in cross stitch with a verse titled 'Virtue', signed and dated 'Mary Ladd, Ackworth School 1806', in a later glazed gilt frame
29.6 x 24.3cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.36 for a discussion of this sampler.