Lot 258
MARY ELEANOR (NELLIE) WHICHELO (1862-1959) FOR THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF ART NEEDLEWORK
ARTS & CRAFTS CREWELWORK HANGING, CIRCA 1900
Estimate: £400 - £600
Auction: Lots 1 to 336 | 16th October at 10am
Description
wool threads on a linen ground, within later border
Dimensions
panel 134.5cm x 108.5cm, with border 160cm x 133cm
Footnote
Note: Originally from a set of three, an early image of this hanging is held in the archive of the Royal School of Needlework. The image is stamped ‘Royal School of Art Needlework, Exhibition Road, South Kensington/ designed N Wicelo (sic)’. Nellie Whichelo was the longest serving member of staff at the School, working there from 1879-1939. She joined the Royal School of Art Needlework with her sister Georgiana in 1879 when Louisa Anne Wade was the leading figure. She exhibited at the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society’s 2nd exhibition at the New Gallery in Regent Street in 1889 and in their third exhibition the following year.
The current lot and its companion pieces were exhibited by the School at the Exposition Universelle, Paris in 1900 where they won a gold medal.
