A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY MARY RICHARDS
worked with primarily brown thread on a linen ground, with cross, satin, petit point and running stitches, with a young boy riding a large dog, possibly a German shepherd, flanked by a pair of swans framed by trees, with a row of urns of flowers, dogs and trees, with a signature cartouche, inscribed in Gothic script 'Mary Richards Finished This. March 18th 1824. Aged 13 Years.', in a glazed bird's eye maple frame
39.5 x 30cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.146 for a discussion of this sampler.
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A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY MARY RICHARDS
worked with primarily brown thread on a linen ground, with cross, satin, petit point and running stitches, with a young boy riding a large dog, possibly a German shepherd, flanked by a pair of swans framed by trees, with a row of urns of flowers, dogs and trees, with a signature cartouche, inscribed in Gothic script 'Mary Richards Finished This. March 18th 1824. Aged 13 Years.', in a glazed bird's eye maple frame
39.5 x 30cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.146 for a discussion of this sampler.
Sale price
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Time, Location
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