A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

BY MARY JARVIS, DATED '1793'

worked with coloured silk floss on a linen ground, with a verse by Reverend John Gambold (1711-1771), titled 'Upon listning to the vibration of a clock', with a ribbon tied crewel flower border, signed and dated '1793 Mary Jarvis Stourbridge 25th March', in a later glazed ebonised frame

38.7 x 27.5cm

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.191 for a discussion on this sampler.

Catalogue Note

Reverend John Gambold (1711-1771) was bishop of the United Brethren church.