A LATE GEORGE III IRISH NEEDLEWORK SCHOOL SAMPLER

A LATE GEORGE III IRISH NEEDLEWORK SCHOOL SAMPLER

BY JULIA WALSH

worked with two bands of diamond lozenges, the lower with internal crosses, with alphabets, numbers and bands of flowers, with a hymn 'The Lord is My Shepherd, My Guardian, My Guide', inscribed 'Julia Walsh worked this sampler at Mrs Lawlers School Youghall in the Thirteen year of her age November the 21st 1804.', above a darn border, in a later glazed gilt and ebonised frame

88.1 x 34.5cm

Provenance

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.270 for a discussion of this sampler.