Madonna and Child

Woven on silk:-

Printed at bottom of card-mount:-
 
MADONA & CHILD. 
 

Card-mount:
17.8cm deep by 13.4cm wide

silk:
10.6cm deep by 5.7cm wide

by Austin Sprake:
Madonna and Child - Against a gold and yellow back-ground the Madonna is pictured in brilliant red, blue and golden garments. 

by Geoffrey Godden:
This rare silk shows the Madonna, with Child on her right arm, posed against a gold and yellow ground.

The title was first listed on label 29+38 of 1893 and continued into the present century.
The subject is also found in postcard form.

Other comments:
Between its first appearance, until the ceasation of back labels, the spelling of the Maddona and Child silk was listed with four variations:

Madona and Child was the first version to appear, on label 29+38, and then again on 31+31 and 31+29a.
Madonna & Child was the second version to appear, on label 29+34, and then again on 31+29b, 31+29c, 31+30 and 30+32.
Madonna and child was the third version to appear, although not until label 31+32. It then re-appeared on label 31+39a, and remained in this version until back labels ceased.
Madona & Child was the final variant, and appears on only the 32+29 label. 

It should be remembered of course that whilst the analysis is of the variations in back labels, the actual printing on the front does not necessarily accord with the label attached to the back.
By way of example, the image above has the title Madona & Child printed on the front. This is the fourth variation. The actual label attached to the back of this silk however is the 31+29b label; that is, the second variation of back label.

The image below is of the second printing variation:-