A PAIR OF FRENCH NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS

A PAIR OF FRENCH NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS

BY FANNY MICOU, C.1800

worked with polychrome silks and chenille on a linen ground, with verse dedications to her father and mother in black cross stitch, within a colourful chenille floral cartouche with various flowers, including: hurtsickle, pansies and forget-me-nots, signed 'Fanny Micou', in glazed giltwood frames (2)

25.4 x 24.9cm

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.234-35 for a discussion of these samplers.