Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 5th October 2023

Lot 474

A GEORGE II NEEDLEWORK DECALOGUE SAMPLER

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £750

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Description

A GEORGE II NEEDLEWORK DECALOGUE SAMPLER

BY MARY BEST, DATED '1728'

worked with coloured silks on a linen ground with crowns, love hearts, alphabets and Roman numerals above floral sprays and two tablets with the ten commandments, signed 'Mary Best her sampler done in the leventh year of her age anno domini 17289', in a later glazed frame, the verso with a collection label 'Charles Thomas Collection MS22'

46 x 29.7cm

 

Provenance

From the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.