A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK BOARDING SCHOOL SAMPLER

A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK BOARDING SCHOOL SAMPLER

BY SARAH LORD

worked with coloured silks, with cross stitch and peitit point on a fine linen ground, with a farmyard scene with buildings, a dovecote, figures, animals and a pond, with a virtuous verse and signed and dated 'Sarah Lord finished this Work March 16th 1802. At Mrs Venthams Boarding School Winton In the 12th Year of her Age', with a zigzag carnation border, in a later glazed frame

34.8 x 29cm

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.4 for a discussion of this sampler.

Catalogue Note

Winton was an earlier name for Winchester. Mrs. Ventham's Boarding School near Winchester produced a group of samplers with amazingly intricate scenes of rural life in early 19th century England.