Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 771
AN EARLY VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £480
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Description
AN EARLY VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY HANNAH RIPLEY
worked in coloured wools on a linen ground with a pouncing tiger with detailed whiskers, a pair of cats seated on taselled cushions, a dog, a pheasant or capercaillie and figures dancing, signed and dated 'Hannah Ripleys Work Aged 11 1846', in a glazed bird's eye maple frame
45.8 x 52cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.153 for a discussion of this sampler.