1810 Sampler by Maria Elliss. Framed in an old, burr maple frame with gilt slip and rippled, old glass. Tacked to board with brown paper backing. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in a variety of stitches including Algerian eye. Meandering floral border. Colours pink, cream, light brown, white, black and blues.
Verse reads 'The sure provifions of my God>Attend me all my days>O may thine houfe be mine abode>And all my works be praife'.
Signed and dated 'Maria Ellifs October 2 1810'.
A good set of motifs, including lions, squirrels eating from fruit baskets, potted flowering plants, fir trees, a crown, hearts, birds, some on perches and diamond shapes.
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Dimensions
16ins by 11.75ins wide
Circa Date
George III, dated 1810
Description
1810 Sampler by Maria Elliss. Framed in an old, burr maple frame with gilt slip and rippled, old glass. Tacked to board with brown paper backing. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in a variety of stitches including Algerian eye. Meandering floral border. Colours pink, cream, light brown, white, black and blues.
Verse reads 'The sure provifions of my God>Attend me all my days>O may thine houfe be mine abode>And all my works be praife'.
Signed and dated 'Maria Ellifs October 2 1810'.
A good set of motifs, including lions, squirrels eating from fruit baskets, potted flowering plants, fir trees, a crown, hearts, birds, some on perches and diamond shapes.
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