A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

BY MARY ANN CHIGNELL

worked with coloured silks and chenille on a fine ground, in various stitches, including: satin, straight and split stitch with bullion knots, with a central scene depicting the return of the prodigal son, with painted silk features above an extract from Luke XV 1720, with a free-hand ribbon tied floral border, signed and dated 'Mary Ann Chignell May 20th Aged 12 Years 1824' and 'Taught by E. Bennell', in a glazed ebonised frame

47 x 31.5cm

Provenance

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.61 for a discussion of this sampler.