1748 Ten Commandments Sampler by Martha Fay. 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 on linenor ground, in cross stitch and Algerian eye. No border, divider lines in various patterns. Colours green, cream, red, yellow, green, dark brown, copper, gold, purple, black and blue. Alphabets A-Z in upper case.
Verse entitled 'The Ten Commandments In Short Rhime' reads
'1 Thov shalt>have no more>Gods bvt me>2 Before no Id>ol bow thy>nee>3 Take not the>name of God>in vain>4 Nor dare the>Sabbath Day>Profane>5 Give both thy>parents hono>vr due>6 Take heed>that thov no>murder do>7 Abstain from>words and de>eds unclean>8 Not steal>thov art poor>and mean>9 Nor make a>wilful lie nor>love it>10 what is thy>neighbovrs>dare not covet'.
This version of the Ten Commandments was writted by the English Hymnwriter Isaac Watts (1674 - 1748).
Signed and dated 'Martha Fay her sampler meade in the year of our lord 1748'. A few motifs including a dovecote, potted flowering plants, hearts, dogs and birds.
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Dimensions
17.25ins by 9.75ins wide
Circa Date
George II, dated 1748
Description
1748 Ten Commandments Sampler by Martha Fay. 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 on linenor ground, in cross stitch and Algerian eye. No border, divider lines in various patterns. Colours green, cream, red, yellow, green, dark brown, copper, gold, purple, black and blue. Alphabets A-Z in upper case.
Verse entitled 'The Ten Commandments In Short Rhime' reads
'1 Thov shalt>have no more>Gods bvt me>2 Before no Id>ol bow thy>nee>3 Take not the>name of God>in vain>4 Nor dare the>Sabbath Day>Profane>5 Give both thy>parents hono>vr due>6 Take heed>that thov no>murder do>7 Abstain from>words and de>eds unclean>8 Not steal>thov art poor>and mean>9 Nor make a>wilful lie nor>love it>10 what is thy>neighbovrs>dare not covet'.
This version of the Ten Commandments was writted by the English Hymnwriter Isaac Watts (1674 - 1748).
Signed and dated 'Martha Fay her sampler meade in the year of our lord 1748'. A few motifs including a dovecote, potted flowering plants, hearts, dogs and birds.
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