A GEORGE III QUAKER NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER FRAGMENT

A GEORGE III QUAKER NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER FRAGMENT

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

worked with polychrome silks on a fine linen ground, the motifs in two directions around a horizontal axis, one half with part medallions, an urn with vines and leaves, a wreath enclosing a tree motif and a medallion with the initials 'HP', the other half with a part medallion border, with urns, vines, leaves, flowers and a bird, in a glazed ebonised and gilt frame

12.3 x 14.2cm

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.32 for a discussion of this sampler.