Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 799
A GEORGE IV SCOTTISH FOLK ART NEEDLEWORK SCHOOL SAMPLER
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £5500
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Description
A GEORGE IV SCOTTISH FOLK ART NEEDLEWORK SCHOOL SAMPLER
BY ELIZABETH VENABLES
worked with various techniques and stitches on a linen ground, depicting a shepherdess seated on a bench in a parkland setting with her sheep and a horse, with a pond, with a Gothic style country house and trees, the top with initials, religious verses and signed and dated 'Elizabeth Venables sewed this piece in Miss Youngs School 1824, in a later glazed bird's eye maple frame
41 x 47.5cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.