Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 796
A LARGE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £450
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Description
A LARGE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
C.1830-40
worked with cross and long stitch, with polychrome silks on linen ground, decorated with a large bird, possibly a capercaillie, two dogs, two tabby cats seated on cushions, and a tiger and a lion, with baskets of flowers, trees and crowns around a religious verse, in a later glazed gilt and wood frame
61.5 x 34cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.152 for a discussion of this sampler.
Catalogue Note
For a similar sampler, see the Goodhart Collection at Montacute House.