1819 Sampler by Lucy Dance. Framed in an old, possibly original, Hogarth frame with glass. Fixed to linen with board and brown paper backing. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in a variety of stitches. Meandering floral strawberry border. Colours greens, cream, red, gold, black, browns and blues. Verse reads
'Remember now thy Creator in the days of>thy youth while the evil days come not, nor>the years draw nigh when thou shalt say>I have no please in them. Fear God and>keep his commandments for this is the>whole duty of man.'
Signed and dated 'Lucy Dance marked this Sampler in the elevnth year of her age. Nottingham. A.D. 1819.' Nottingham is a town in England.
A wonderful set of motifs, some finely embroidered, including a large eagle, a house with a garden, birds, flowers, potted flowering plants, fruit baskets, squirrels, fir trees, crowns, a butterfly and peacocks.
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Dimensions
16.5ins by 12.5ins wide
Circa Date
George III, dated 1819
Description
1819 Sampler by Lucy Dance. Framed in an old, possibly original, Hogarth frame with glass. Fixed to linen with board and brown paper backing. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in a variety of stitches. Meandering floral strawberry border. Colours greens, cream, red, gold, black, browns and blues. Verse reads
'Remember now thy Creator in the days of>thy youth while the evil days come not, nor>the years draw nigh when thou shalt say>I have no please in them. Fear God and>keep his commandments for this is the>whole duty of man.'
Signed and dated 'Lucy Dance marked this Sampler in the elevnth year of her age. Nottingham. A.D. 1819.' Nottingham is a town in England.
A wonderful set of motifs, some finely embroidered, including a large eagle, a house with a garden, birds, flowers, potted flowering plants, fruit baskets, squirrels, fir trees, crowns, a butterfly and peacocks.
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