18th May, 2019 11:30 GMT/BST

Costume, Accessories & Textiles

 
  Lot 2076
 

2076

19th Century Scottish Sampler, Worked by Janet Lawson, Aged 12, Dated 1848, with pink pansies...

19th Century Scottish Sampler, Worked by Janet Lawson, Aged 12, Dated 1848, with pink pansies and red acorns to the top, to the centre decorative features including a blue and pink stag, vase of flowers, a flowering branch, a horseman with the words 'Jee Woe Barlie', the lower park is worked with a large house with three roofs, many windows, blue and checkered by the base, and a standing gent in a red uniform and black hat in the arch, flanked by two female dancers with black tops with elbow length sleeves, a pink and a striped skirt, within a pink foliate border, burr elm frame, 50cm by 53cm

Provenance: From the Estate of The Late Josephine Orskey 

Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

. Staining around the black threads used for the ladies tops, figures hat under the arch, and slightly to the horseman. Some wear to the threads and fading.

 


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Auction: Costume, Accessories & Textiles, 18th May, 2019

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