A PAIR OF GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS

A PAIR OF GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS

BY THE SISTERS CAROLINE AND LOUISA HOCHSTETTER, LATE 18TH CENTURY

worked with polychrome silks on a linen ground, with satin, eyelet and minute cross-stitch, both within a zigzag border with carnations, with an alphabet and a verse above motifs of birds, trees and flowers, one inscribed 'Caroline Hochstetter finish'd this samplar in July yr-s-1770 aged 9 years', above a band with acorns, crowns and a basket of fruit, the other inscribed 'Louisa Hochstetter finish'd this samplar August ye 13 aged 11 years', both in glazed mahogany and gilt frames (2)

32 x 24.4cm

Provenance

Christie's, South Kensington, Upton House, 14 October 1991, lot 712.

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, pp.194-195, for a discussion of these samplers.