A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK HOUSE SAMPLER

A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK HOUSE SAMPLER

BY MARY KETCH, DATED '1822'

worked in coloured silks in chain, satin and twisted chain stitch on a linen ground, depicting: 'The View of the House of T Collins Esq Chard Somerset', decorated with butterflies, floral sprays and a scrolling bell flower border, signed and dated 'Mary Ketch aged 12 years 1822', in a glazed gilt and stained wood frame

41.5 x 31.7cm

Provenance

Danny Robinson.

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.182 for a discussion of this sampler.

Catalogue Note

The house depicted in this sampler is know as Essex House and can be found in Fore Street, Chard. There are records of a Mary Keetch (not Ketch) born in Chard on the 19th December 1808.