Lot 95

GEORGE III SILK NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
DATED 1799




Auction: Five Centuries Day One | Wed 9th September | Lots 1 to 255
Description
finely worked in multicoloured silk with a garden arbour with flowering urn finials, enclosing a verse by Edward Young, from Love of Fame; The Universal Passion, 1728, signed below ‘Frances Edis Finished this Sampler 1799’ above a zig-zag band and flower-filled basket flanked by birds and trees, within a meandering border of stylised flowers; framed
Dimensions
35.5cm x 25cm



