A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY HANNAH BACKHOUSE
worked with polychrome silks on a linen ground, with cross, eyelet, satin, split and French knot stitches, with alphabets, numerals, two verses and a free-hand border of various flowers, including: dog rose, tulips, convolvulus, carnations and primula, signed and dated 'Hannah Backhouse Wrought this in 1785', in a later glazed ebonised frame
43.7 x 40.8cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.106 for a discussion of this sampler.
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A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY HANNAH BACKHOUSE
worked with polychrome silks on a linen ground, with cross, eyelet, satin, split and French knot stitches, with alphabets, numerals, two verses and a free-hand border of various flowers, including: dog rose, tulips, convolvulus, carnations and primula, signed and dated 'Hannah Backhouse Wrought this in 1785', in a later glazed ebonised frame
43.7 x 40.8cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.106 for a discussion of this sampler.
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Time, Location
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