SCOTTISH NEEDLEWORK HOUSE SAMPLER, WORKED BY ELISABETH JAFFERSON, MONTROSE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Day One, Other Properties | Wed 3rd Sept at 10am | Lots 171 to 402
Description
finely stitched silk on linen, with a chequerboard house and picket fence with stags, butterflies, and birds beneath a verse from The Universal Prayer by Alexander Pope, family initials, under a large central rose and ribbon-tied flowering tendrils, all within a meandering strawberry border, in an ebonised frame
Dimensions
33.5cm x 30.5cm