Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 857
AN EARLY VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK VALENTINE
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £280
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Description
AN EARLY VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK VALENTINE
ANONYMOUS
worked with monochrome gold silk floss in cross stitch on a fine linen ground, with a verse and inscribed 'C. Powell', with star, diamond and heart motifs, signed and dated 'M.A.R. 1842', in a glazed giltwood frame
12.8 x 15.5cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p. 95 for a discussion of this sampler.