Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 3rd July 2024

Lot 211

A REGENCY NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

Estimate £200 - £300

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Description

A REGENCY NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

BY ESTHER PHILLIPS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

worked in colours with a rhyme titled 'Poverty' above plants, birds, insects and sheep, outside a farmhouse, inscribed 'Esther Phillips aged nine years', inside a meandering flowerhead border, in a Hogarth style frame

42.3 x 31cm