1725 Sampler by Elizabeth Lilly. Framed in an old wood frame with gilt slip and glass. Loose mounted over paper with wood backing. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in a variety of stitches. Zig zag border, and divider lines in various patterns. Colours red, cream, pale blue, white, pink, green and yellow. Numbers 1-17 and family initials. Verses read 'O THAT MINe EYe MIGHT CLOSeD Be TO>WHAT BeCOMeS Me NOT TO SEE>THAT DeAFNeSS MIGHT POSSeSS MINE> EAR TO WHAT CONCERNS Me NOT TO> THAT TRUTH MY TOnGUe MIGHT ALWAYS>TY FROM EveR SPeAkInG FOOLISHLY> THAT nO VAIN THOUGHT MIGHT EVER>ReST OR Be COnCeVeD In MY BREAST>THAT BY EACH WORD EACH DeeD LACK>THOUGHT GLORY MAY TO MY GOD Be BROVE>BUT WHAT ARE WISHeS LORD MINE>EYe On THEE IS FIXT TO THEE I CRY>O PURGE OUT ALL MY DROSS MY TIN>MAKe Me MORe WHITe THAn SNOW WITHIN>WASH LORD AnD PURIFIe MY HEART>AND MAKE IT CleAn IN EVeRY PART> AND When TIS CLeAn LORD keep IT TO> fOR THAT IS MORe THAN I CAN DO'>'THe TIME WILL COMe AND THAT ARE LONG THEN I SHALL SADLEY>SAY I WICH I HAD MORE LEARNING ??? ARE MINDED LES MY PLAY> THIS WORKED IN HAND MY FRIENDS MAY HAVE WHeN I AM DEAD>AND LAID IN GRAVe'. Signed and dated 'ELIZABETH LILLY WORKED THIS IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD GOD 1725 IN THE TENTH YEAR OF HER AGE'. A few motifs includinghearts and crowns
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Dimensions
11ins high by 8ins wide
Circa Date
George I, dated 1725
Description
1725 Sampler by Elizabeth Lilly. Framed in an old wood frame with gilt slip and glass. Loose mounted over paper with wood backing. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in a variety of stitches. Zig zag border, and divider lines in various patterns. Colours red, cream, pale blue, white, pink, green and yellow. Numbers 1-17 and family initials. Verses read 'O THAT MINe EYe MIGHT CLOSeD Be TO>WHAT BeCOMeS Me NOT TO SEE>THAT DeAFNeSS MIGHT POSSeSS MINE> EAR TO WHAT CONCERNS Me NOT TO> THAT TRUTH MY TOnGUe MIGHT ALWAYS>TY FROM EveR SPeAkInG FOOLISHLY> THAT nO VAIN THOUGHT MIGHT EVER>ReST OR Be COnCeVeD In MY BREAST>THAT BY EACH WORD EACH DeeD LACK>THOUGHT GLORY MAY TO MY GOD Be BROVE>BUT WHAT ARE WISHeS LORD MINE>EYe On THEE IS FIXT TO THEE I CRY>O PURGE OUT ALL MY DROSS MY TIN>MAKe Me MORe WHITe THAn SNOW WITHIN>WASH LORD AnD PURIFIe MY HEART>AND MAKE IT CleAn IN EVeRY PART> AND When TIS CLeAn LORD keep IT TO> fOR THAT IS MORe THAN I CAN DO'>'THe TIME WILL COMe AND THAT ARE LONG THEN I SHALL SADLEY>SAY I WICH I HAD MORE LEARNING ??? ARE MINDED LES MY PLAY> THIS WORKED IN HAND MY FRIENDS MAY HAVE WHeN I AM DEAD>AND LAID IN GRAVe'. Signed and dated 'ELIZABETH LILLY WORKED THIS IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD GOD 1725 IN THE TENTH YEAR OF HER AGE'. A few motifs includinghearts and crowns
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