A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

BY ELIZA SMITH

worked with coloured silks and wool on an undyed linen ground, with cross and satin stitches, with baskets of roses and tulips, urns and a cornucopia of flowers, with the Royal Coat of Arms, the base with a display of musical instruments, in a gillyflower border, signed and dated 'Eliza Smith Aged 9 Years 1822', in a glazed bird's eye maple frame

45 x 31.2cm

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.121 for a discussion of this sampler.