1824 'Virtue' Sampler by Lydia Loveday. Framed in an old wood frame with rippled, old glass. Loose mounted over card with brown paper backing. The sampler is finely worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch throughout. Meandering floral border. Colours greens, black, cream, gold, brown and pink. Verse entitled 'Virtue' reads 'Virtue's the chiefeft beauty of the mind> The nobleft ornament of human kind> Virtue's our safeguard and our guiding ftar> That ftirs up reason when our senses err'. Signed and dated 'Lydia Loveday Ending It In 1824'. A good set of motifs, including lions, flowers, blossoming trees, potted flowering plants, fir trees and birds.
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Dimensions
16.75ins by 12.25ins wide
Circa Date
George IV, dated 1824
Description
1824 'Virtue' Sampler by Lydia Loveday. Framed in an old wood frame with rippled, old glass. Loose mounted over card with brown paper backing. The sampler is finely worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch throughout. Meandering floral border. Colours greens, black, cream, gold, brown and pink. Verse entitled 'Virtue' reads 'Virtue's the chiefeft beauty of the mind> The nobleft ornament of human kind> Virtue's our safeguard and our guiding ftar> That ftirs up reason when our senses err'. Signed and dated 'Lydia Loveday Ending It In 1824'. A good set of motifs, including lions, flowers, blossoming trees, potted flowering plants, fir trees and birds.
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