1736 Sampler by Mary Cartwright. Framed in a modern wood frame with rippled, old glass. Fixed to card. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in a variety of stitches including Algerian eye. No border, divider lines in various patterns. Colours red, green and blue. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and numbers 1-12.
Inscription reads 'A Wise Man ovGht to be content> tho POOR he IS onLY Rich thAt> Doth Desire no more'.
Signed and dated ' MARY CARTWRIGHT HER SAMPLER NOVEMEMBER THE 30 1736'.
A scattering of motifs, including, crowns and diamonds.
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Dimensions
7.75ins by 8.25 ins wide
Circa Date
George II, dated 1736
Description
1736 Sampler by Mary Cartwright. Framed in a modern wood frame with rippled, old glass. Fixed to card. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in a variety of stitches including Algerian eye. No border, divider lines in various patterns. Colours red, green and blue. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and numbers 1-12.
Inscription reads 'A Wise Man ovGht to be content> tho POOR he IS onLY Rich thAt> Doth Desire no more'.
Signed and dated ' MARY CARTWRIGHT HER SAMPLER NOVEMEMBER THE 30 1736'.
A scattering of motifs, including, crowns and diamonds.
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