A MID-VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK SCHOOL SAMPLER

A MID-VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK SCHOOL SAMPLER

BY FANNY FRANCIS

worked with red floss silk on a linen ground, with cross stitch, with alphabets, numerals, crowns and a verse, signed and dated 'Fanny Francis Aged 11 Years August 1860 West Grinstead National School', in a glazed bird's eye maple frame

20.7 x 19.5cm

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.54 for a discussion of this sampler.