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

Lot 219

A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK MAP SAMPLER

Estimate £300 - £500

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Description

A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK MAP SAMPLER

BY SARAH GODWIN, LATE 18TH CENTURY

titled 'A Map of England and Wales', worked in colours, the counties outlined and named in black, with a compass in black, inscribed 'Sarah Godwin Work'd This in the Eleventh Year of her Age', inside a meandering foliate border, in an oval glazed giltwood frame

51 x 45.7cm