A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

LATE 18TH CENTURY

worked in a black cross stitch on a linen ground, with alphabets, numerals and 'The Countries of Europe and Their Capitals' 'British Isles' and 'Chief Islands of England Are' signed 'Frances Amelia Roberts, Marlborough House', in a glazed bird's eye maple frame

34.1 x 31cm

Provenance

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

Catalogue Note

Marlborough House is a Grade I listed mansion in St. James's, London. It was built for Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, the favourite and confidante of Queen Anne. For over a century it served as the London residence of the dukes of Marlborough.