Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 789
A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK QUAKER SAMPLER
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £950
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Description
A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK QUAKER SAMPLER
BY MARY SALMON
worked with coloured silks on a coarse linen ground, with alphabetsm numerals, birds, roses, crowns and a lion, with half-medallions, signed and dated 'Mary Salmon Nantwich 1821', in a glazed bird's eye maple frame
29.2 x 29.5cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.290, for a discussion of this sampler.