Antique Orphery Embroidery with Mary Queen of Heaven in Gothic Frame: Late C18th / 19th Century England

Dating from the late 18th century - early 19th century this embroidery is a highly detailed needlework panel (needle painting) utilizing metallic and colored threads to replicate late-medieval ecclesiastical textiles.

The Virgin Mary is depicted as the Queen of Heaven, seated upon an elaborate Gothic throne beneath an architectural archway. She wears her traditional deep blue mantle.

Behind the throne is a structured brick wall and an enclosed background. This is a visual reference to the Hortus Conclusus (Enclosed Garden), a traditional symbol of Mary's perpetual virginity derived from the Song of Songs.

At the base of the scene, text is embroidered into the textile floor. It prominently displays the Latin phrase "FONS HORTORUM" (meaning "A fountain of gardens"), which is another traditional Marian epithet from the same biblical text.

The panel is presented in an arched gilt-bronze or brass devotional frame. The outer edge features an intricate openwork pattern of stylized leaves, crown motifs, and scrolling Gothic filigree, popular in 19th-century Neo-Gothic revival religious decor.