Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks & The Age of Oak - 2nd October 2025
Lot 1071
A NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £1207
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Description
A NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY SARAH FISHER, EARLY TO MID-19TH CENTURY
the central panel worked in red with alphabets and numbers above a prayer and inscribed 'Sarah Fisher. Aug 5th', on a linen backing and surrounded by crocheted miniature clothing including: pinafores, tops, socks, booties, gloves, slippers and other items, in a scumbled pine frame
20 x 31.4cm
Catalogue Note
Similar miniature clothing has been attributed to Orphan Asylums.