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Samplers — Textiles & Fabrics - Cordy's
Auction House:
| Cordy's | |
|---|---|
| Number of lots recorded: | 14 |
| Lots with images: | 14 |
| Prices available: | 14 |
Category:
Samplers
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| *** | A 1792 George III map sampler by Elizabeth Slade, 'A Map of England & Wales', each province named together with the various Channels, etc., floral vine border, worked in coloured threads including soft tones of red, yellow, gold, black, etc., named and… | *** |  |
| *** | A rare 1780 'Map of England & Wales by Martha Wiggins' sampler, worked in coloured threads for the various counties, Cheshire, Derby, York, etc., their names in black thread, various sea's and channel's further detailed, an outer border of latitude and… | *** |  |
| *** | A good and fine George IV sampler by Agnes Trotter Kerchesters 1829, with numerals, alphabets and traditional imagery including uncommon crowns and saying, worked in red, green and gold dominant tones. 36 cm x 32 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A fine and large George III silk thread sampler, on fine linen, including multiple plant and flowering vase motifs, the central two-storied house with elaborate fence and gates above 'MARGARET FINDLAY' and various initials, further motifs including exotic… | *** |  |
| *** | A late George III sampler, embroidered in autumn tones with house, trees, figures, animals, insects, ship and a floral border. Signed and dated Eliza Wisley Coward aged 11yrs 1810, in oak frame under glass. 52.5 x 40 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An 18th century linen map sampler, a map of Europe from the Caspian Sea, Syria, North African, Great Britain and Iceland, the double border featuring longitude and latitude, the embroidery in silk thread. 43 x 50 cm. This sampler has been conserved and… | *** |  |
| *** | A George I embroidered sampler worked in thread on linen backing in a linial format including alphabet, birds, flower and plant forms, religious cross and other imagery, includes dates of 1720, in tones of soft green, blue, tan, red and black. 39 cm x 49… | *** |  |
| *** | A George IV period sampler, 'The Request', pictorial with religious verse, 50 x 40 cm work by Elizabeth brown aged nine years, 1826 | *** |  |
| *** | A George III embroidered sampler featuring biblical verses, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden surrounded by various animals, etc, embroidered by Martha Smallwood, aged 12 years in 1812, under glass and in mahogany frame, some old staining. 53 x 41 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A George II sampler by Betty Horn, dated 1739 and 1740, 'Aged 10 Years', with strawberry and floral vines, multiple alphabets and verse, 'September 20, 1740, this was finished by Betty Horn, daughter of Roger and Elizabeth Horn aged 11 years'. Worked in… | *** |  |
| *** | An early Victorian alphabet sampler, by Ann Simpson age ten in October 1837, featuring the alphabet, birds, trees, biblical verses and geometric designs. 40 x 31 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A good 19th century pictorial and epithet sampler, dated 1837. 25 cm x 32 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian 1847 sampler entitled 'Sympathy', and with verse, flowering forms, birds and buildings and detailed to the base 'Hannah Smith's Work 1847'. 49.5 cm x 39.5 cm framed under glass. | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century sampler, depicting Adam and Eve surrounded by geometric motifs and surmounted by an epithet, named 'Clegg Elizabeth' and dated 1823. 40 cm x 40 cm | *** |  |