Antique Folk Art Sampler Wallhanging Family Heirloom Collectable: C1950s England
Many is the time that I have wished that textiles could talk, and this one does just that! It celebrates a loving family, shared holidays, treasured friends, significant dates and places.
It all makes a wonderful English Folk Art sampler, entirely hand embroidered with colorful stitched lettering, circular patterns, names, and family celebrations and birthdays.
Free-hand and colourful silk embroidery has been stitched onto a light-colored linen ground, with concentric circles, spiral lines, and radiating segments arranged like a personal map or memory wheel.
A touching and unique work of art/ family heirloom which includes a mix of family names, food references, and a milestone inscription “Golden wedding of Dad and Mam 16th Feb 1905 16th Feb 1955.”
Please see our other listings for another earlier embroidery by the same hand. https://www.etsy.com/your/shops/me/listing-editor/edit/4581668753
This would really benefit (and deserves to be) stretched and mounted, a service we offer at our textile conservation studio based in the English Cotswolds. Please ask us for details and a quote.
Measurements:
108cm x 107cm
Condition:
Excellent condition, an overall patina of age commensurate with antiquity.