Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 780
A REGENCY NEEDLEWORK QUAKER SAMPLER
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £250
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Description
A REGENCY NEEDLEWORK QUAKER SAMPLER
BY BETTY NUTH, POSSIBLY ACKWORTH SCHOOL
worked with cross stitch on a linen ground with a virtuous verse titled 'On Attention' by John Byrom, within a free-hand floral oval border, in a glazed ebonised frame
32.7 x 27.7cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.201, for a discussion of this sampler.