Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 685
A GEORGE III NEEDLWORK QUAKER SCHOOL MAP SAMPLER
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £380
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Description
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.