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

Lot 768

λ AN EARLY VICTORIAN NAIVE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £400

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Description

λ AN EARLY VICTORIAN NAIVE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

BY MARY RICHARDSON

worked with crewel wool, on a course linen ground, depicting a Gothic castle, with a pair of trees, roses and a virtuous verse, in a floral border, signed and dated 'Mary Richardson Her work 1847', in a glazed rosewood frame

34.7 x 40.5cm

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.26 for a discussion of this sampler.