1736 Sampler by Alice Wood. Framed in a modern wood frame with glass. Fixed to card with cardboard backing. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch throughout. Colours greens, red, purple and cream.
Verses read 'OuR FaTHeR WHIcH aRT In Heaven>HalloWeD Be THY Name THY KInGDO>m cOme THY WILL Be Done In eaRTH a>S IT IS In Heaven GIVe Vs THIS DaY Ou>R DaILY BReaD anD FORGIVe Us OuR>TResPasses as We FORGIVe Them T>HaT TResPass aGaInsT us anD LeaD u>S nOT InTO TemPTaTIOn BuT DelIVeR>us FROm eVIL FOR THIne Is The KInG>Dom The POWeR anD GlORY FOReVe>Re anD eVeRe amen'
and
'O CHILD mOsT DeaR InCLIne THIne ea>anD HaRKen TO GODS VOICe HIS Coun>seL,TaKe anD THaT Will maKe GODS>anGeLS TO ReIOYce Be nOT LIKe THO>WHIcH GaYS OPPOSe anD GIVe TheIR>mInD TO PlaY BuT LeT YOuR mInD Be>Well InClIneD In LeaRnInG WISDOmS>WaYs LeaRn In THY YouTH GODs H>OlY TRuTH CHRIsT BlesseD CROSST'
and
'bear and fo fhalt thou tho hated now in heaven have A fhare>don’t Lie nor fware to fteal don’t dare take heed of all fuch evil>for fuch muft die and in hell lie there to all Eternity in the right>way thou muft obey thy father and thy mother it is alfo right a?>? Gods fight to Love thy fifter and thy brother Let not vain>treafuers nor eathly pleafures thy foul feek and defier for God>will thefe things Ouerthrow in his confumeing fire fpend all thy>days in righteous ways Gods holy name to honour and at the>?aft thy days are past a bleffed end will follow for when thou>?ie and in the grave lie Chrift will thee awake and angels fend>?hee to attend and into Glory take where thou fhalt reft his>Sants to bleff to all eternity and have the crown of bleft renow?>Gods name to magnifie for thus with Chrift in paradife and eve?>?ore muft reign fee that you pray both night and day his glory>to obtain'.
Signed and dated 'Alice Wood ended this work in the 9th year of her Age 1736'. A scattering of motifs, including crowns, hearts and diamond shapes.
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Dimensions
15.5ins by 7.75ins wide
Circa Date
George II, dated 1736
Description
1736 Sampler by Alice Wood. Framed in a modern wood frame with glass. Fixed to card with cardboard backing. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch throughout. Colours greens, red, purple and cream.
Verses read 'OuR FaTHeR WHIcH aRT In Heaven>HalloWeD Be THY Name THY KInGDO>m cOme THY WILL Be Done In eaRTH a>S IT IS In Heaven GIVe Vs THIS DaY Ou>R DaILY BReaD anD FORGIVe Us OuR>TResPasses as We FORGIVe Them T>HaT TResPass aGaInsT us anD LeaD u>S nOT InTO TemPTaTIOn BuT DelIVeR>us FROm eVIL FOR THIne Is The KInG>Dom The POWeR anD GlORY FOReVe>Re anD eVeRe amen'
and
'O CHILD mOsT DeaR InCLIne THIne ea>anD HaRKen TO GODS VOICe HIS Coun>seL,TaKe anD THaT Will maKe GODS>anGeLS TO ReIOYce Be nOT LIKe THO>WHIcH GaYS OPPOSe anD GIVe TheIR>mInD TO PlaY BuT LeT YOuR mInD Be>Well InClIneD In LeaRnInG WISDOmS>WaYs LeaRn In THY YouTH GODs H>OlY TRuTH CHRIsT BlesseD CROSST'
and
'bear and fo fhalt thou tho hated now in heaven have A fhare>don’t Lie nor fware to fteal don’t dare take heed of all fuch evil>for fuch muft die and in hell lie there to all Eternity in the right>way thou muft obey thy father and thy mother it is alfo right a?>? Gods fight to Love thy fifter and thy brother Let not vain>treafuers nor eathly pleafures thy foul feek and defier for God>will thefe things Ouerthrow in his confumeing fire fpend all thy>days in righteous ways Gods holy name to honour and at the>?aft thy days are past a bleffed end will follow for when thou>?ie and in the grave lie Chrift will thee awake and angels fend>?hee to attend and into Glory take where thou fhalt reft his>Sants to bleff to all eternity and have the crown of bleft renow?>Gods name to magnifie for thus with Chrift in paradife and eve?>?ore muft reign fee that you pray both night and day his glory>to obtain'.
Signed and dated 'Alice Wood ended this work in the 9th year of her Age 1736'. A scattering of motifs, including crowns, hearts and diamond shapes.
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