1772 Ten Commandments Sampler by Sarah Elsam. Framed in an old wood frame with gilt slip and glass. Mounted to conservator standards on acid free card with chipboard backing. The sampler is worked in silk and cotton on linen ground, in a variety of stitches. No border, divider lines in various patterns. Colours browns, green, gold, black, blues and cream. Alphabets A-Z in upper case Verse entitled 'The ten Commandts EXO the Xxthy' reads'thou fhalt have no more Gods but me>Before no Idol bow thy knee>Take not the Name of God in vain>Nor date the sabbath Day profane>Give both thy parents Honour due>Take heed that thou no Murder do>Abftain from Words and Deeds unclean>Nor fleal tho thou artpoor and mean>Nor make a Wifful Lye nor Love it>What is thy Neighbours dare not covet' and 'O Lord Direct my feet to tread> The paths of virtue and truth>Let not my Heart to Pride be let>But seek for wifdom my Youth' and 'If I am Doom'd the marriage chains to Wear>Kind Heavens Propitious be this my prayer>That he whom I am suted obey>May Kindly Govern with a Gentle away'>'May his Good sece improve my beft of thought>and his Good Nature smile on all my faults>Be this my fate If I am made a wife>or Ever make me Happy in a single life'. Signed and dated 'sarah Elsam is my name And in my Youth I work'd ye same And by this work you May fee what care my Parents Took of me Feb 21ft my Year of our Lord 1772'. A good set of motifs, including flowers, birds, hearts, crowns and diamonds
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Dimensions
16.5ins high by 12.25ins wide
Circa Date
George III, dated 1772
Description
1772 Ten Commandments Sampler by Sarah Elsam. Framed in an old wood frame with gilt slip and glass. Mounted to conservator standards on acid free card with chipboard backing. The sampler is worked in silk and cotton on linen ground, in a variety of stitches. No border, divider lines in various patterns. Colours browns, green, gold, black, blues and cream. Alphabets A-Z in upper case Verse entitled 'The ten Commandts EXO the Xxthy' reads'thou fhalt have no more Gods but me>Before no Idol bow thy knee>Take not the Name of God in vain>Nor date the sabbath Day profane>Give both thy parents Honour due>Take heed that thou no Murder do>Abftain from Words and Deeds unclean>Nor fleal tho thou artpoor and mean>Nor make a Wifful Lye nor Love it>What is thy Neighbours dare not covet' and 'O Lord Direct my feet to tread> The paths of virtue and truth>Let not my Heart to Pride be let>But seek for wifdom my Youth' and 'If I am Doom'd the marriage chains to Wear>Kind Heavens Propitious be this my prayer>That he whom I am suted obey>May Kindly Govern with a Gentle away'>'May his Good sece improve my beft of thought>and his Good Nature smile on all my faults>Be this my fate If I am made a wife>or Ever make me Happy in a single life'. Signed and dated 'sarah Elsam is my name And in my Youth I work'd ye same And by this work you May fee what care my Parents Took of me Feb 21ft my Year of our Lord 1772'. A good set of motifs, including flowers, birds, hearts, crowns and diamonds
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