A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK 'MEMORIAL' SAMPLER

A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK 'MEMORIAL' SAMPLER

BY JOANNA COLLIHOLE

worked in monochrome black floss silk on a linen ground in cross stitch commemorating the death of her mother, inscribed 'On the Death of my dear Mother, Died Dec 2. A. D. 1822, Aged 52', with an account of the funeral service at the Wesleyan Chapel, beneath is a depiction of a young girl lamenting upon a tomb in a churchyard, with verses and inscriptions, signed and dated 'Joanna Collihole's Sampler. Finished. September 21. 1823', in a glazed ebonised and gilt frame

32.3 x 32.7cm

Provenance

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

Literature

The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.149 for a discussion of this sampler.

Catalogue Note

Collihole is a surname associated with Winkleigh in Devon, they were the farmer-yeomen, maltsters, grocers, wheelwrights and carriers of the town.