Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 782
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK QUAKER SAMPLER
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £600
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Description
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK QUAKER SAMPLER
ATTRIBUTED TO ACKWORTH SCHOOL, C.1800
worked with polychrome silks on a coarse linen ground in cross stitch with medallions decorated with birds, urns, a swan, leaves and flowers, signed with initials 'MK to EK', in a later glazed ebonised frame
31.2 x 45cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.44 for a discussion of this sampler.