1829 Sampler by Cordelia Vennes. Framed in an old wood frame with rippled, old glass. Tacked to a wood stretcher frame with wood backing. The sampler is worked in a silk-like thread on linen ground, in a variety of stitches. Floral border. Colours black, cream, green, copper and brown. Verses read 'Preserve me Lord amidst a crowd>From every thought thats vain or proud>And raise my wandering mind to see>How good it is to trust in Thee' and 'He is a God of Sovreign love>That promised heaven to me>And taught my thoughts to soar above> Where happy spirits be>Prepare me Lord for thy right hand>Then come the Joyful day>Come death and some celestial band>To bear my soul away'. Signed and dated 'Cordelia Vernnes Aged Eleven Years 1829'. A wonderful set of motifs, including a shepherdess and her flock of sheep, dogs, potted flowering plants, trees laden with fruit, some of which has fallen onto the ground, stags, fruit basket, birds and butterflies.
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Dimensions
19.75ins by 20.75ins wide
Circa Date
George IV, dated 1829
Description
1829 Sampler by Cordelia Vennes. Framed in an old wood frame with rippled, old glass. Tacked to a wood stretcher frame with wood backing. The sampler is worked in a silk-like thread on linen ground, in a variety of stitches. Floral border. Colours black, cream, green, copper and brown. Verses read 'Preserve me Lord amidst a crowd>From every thought thats vain or proud>And raise my wandering mind to see>How good it is to trust in Thee' and 'He is a God of Sovreign love>That promised heaven to me>And taught my thoughts to soar above> Where happy spirits be>Prepare me Lord for thy right hand>Then come the Joyful day>Come death and some celestial band>To bear my soul away'. Signed and dated 'Cordelia Vernnes Aged Eleven Years 1829'. A wonderful set of motifs, including a shepherdess and her flock of sheep, dogs, potted flowering plants, trees laden with fruit, some of which has fallen onto the ground, stags, fruit basket, birds and butterflies.
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