Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 30 Mar 2022
A GEORGE I NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER
A GEORGE I NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER
DATED '1723'
worked with coloured silks and metal thread on a linen ground, with various crowns, alphabets, numerals and geometric designs and a band of darns, signed indistinctly 'Jane Hoffler Sept 16 Ano Dom 1723', in a later glazed frame
46.1 x 20.5cm
Provenance
By descent, through the family of F. Shaw, Brothers Tanneries of America & Canada.