Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 759
TWO GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK QUAKER SCHOOL SAMPLERS
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £400
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Description
TWO GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK QUAKER SCHOOL SAMPLERS
BY HANNAH WOOD, DATED '1801' AND '1802'
both worked in black silk floss on a linen ground in cross stitch, both with alphabets and numerals and a verse, one inscribed 'Plaistow School', in later glazed ebonised frames (2)
28.8 x 32.2cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Catalogue Note
By repute discovered in the secret drawer of a bureau acquired from a house contents sale from the Quaker family of Doubleday of Coggeshall.