A GEORGE III NEEDLWORK QUAKER SCHOOL MAP SAMPLER

A GEORGE III NEEDLWORK QUAKER SCHOOL MAP SAMPLER

BY RACHEL CHRISPIN OF THE TRINITY LANE SCHOOL, YORK

worked with polychrome crewel yarn and monochrome satin stitch on a fine line ground, the counties named and with major towns and cities, with a laurel wreath inscribed 'Engand and Wales worked by Rachel Chrispin at York 1802', in a later glazed ebonised frame, the back inscribed 'Lent by Mrs Stirling Boyd, 13..., Edinburgh'

47.2 x 40.7cm

Provenance

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

Literature

For a very similar map by Mary Peacock, dated 1802 see Carol Humphrey, 'Quaker School Girl Samplers from Ackworth' p.62.

Catalogue Note

The private Quaker School in Trinity Lane, York was founded for more affluent girls than those eligible for Ackworth School.