12th Feb, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Unframed Early 19th Century Embroidered Map of Europe, including Great Russia, Circassia, Tarta, Poland, England, each country edged with four rows of tiny cross stitch in various colours, the country names stitched in black, within a zig zag border, 41cm by 32cm
Made before Greek independence in 1821
The following six lots are all from a Family Collection. General John Jenkinson (1757-1830) is buried in Charmouth Dorset and his son, Admiral Henry Jenkinson of Fawley, Southampton married Elizabeth Lucy Theresa Acland in 1823. Elizabeth Acland's grandfather was Sir Richard Hoare of Stourhead. The notes were written by Brigadier Francis Alexander Fortescue who married Admiral Jenkinson's granddaughter in 1885 and his sister in law lived at Makerstoun House between the wars and hence the Makerstoun House writing paper. Mary Harkness was Admiral Jenkinson's daughter in law.
Some of the country names are well worn and now illegible. There are small patches of staining and foxing, the fabric is thinning in places and a hole is starting to appear in Russia
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Auction: Costume, Accessories & Textiles, 12th Feb, 2022
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