1827 Sampler by Martha Ashort. 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 fine wool and silk on canvas ground, in cross stitch throughout. Cross linked chain border. Colours red, cream, white, pink, orange, gold and black. Verse entitled 'Honesty' reads, 'Convince the world that you are just and true>Be just in all you say and all you do>Whatever be your birth your sure to be>A Man of the first Magnitude to me'. Signed and dated 'Martha Ashort Work Aged 8 1827 Liverpool'. Placename 'Liverpool' is a city in England. A good set of motifs, including a two houses with gardens, potted flowering plants, trees, laden with fruit, fir trees, hearts, fruit baskets and flowers.
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Dimensions
17.5ins high by 16.5ins wide
Circa Date
George IV, dated 1827
Description
1827 Sampler by Martha Ashort. 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 fine wool and silk on canvas ground, in cross stitch throughout. Cross linked chain border. Colours red, cream, white, pink, orange, gold and black. Verse entitled 'Honesty' reads, 'Convince the world that you are just and true>Be just in all you say and all you do>Whatever be your birth your sure to be>A Man of the first Magnitude to me'. Signed and dated 'Martha Ashort Work Aged 8 1827 Liverpool'. Placename 'Liverpool' is a city in England. A good set of motifs, including a two houses with gardens, potted flowering plants, trees, laden with fruit, fir trees, hearts, fruit baskets and flowers.
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