A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY MARY ANN BOYS
worked with monochrome silk floss on a linen ground, with cross stitch, with a text titled 'On Reputation' from 'Letters on the Improvement of the Mind Addressed to a Lady' by Mrs Hester Chapone (1727-1801)', within a floral border, signed and dated 'Mary Ann Boys March 20th 1820 Aged 9 Years', in a later glazed ebonised frame
39.9 x 29.6cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.206 for a discussion of this sampler.
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A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY MARY ANN BOYS
worked with monochrome silk floss on a linen ground, with cross stitch, with a text titled 'On Reputation' from 'Letters on the Improvement of the Mind Addressed to a Lady' by Mrs Hester Chapone (1727-1801)', within a floral border, signed and dated 'Mary Ann Boys March 20th 1820 Aged 9 Years', in a later glazed ebonised frame
39.9 x 29.6cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.206 for a discussion of this sampler.
Sale price
Estimate
Time, Location
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