1687 Band sampler by Mary Coleston. 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 a silk-like thread on linen ground, in a variety of stitches including Algerian eye. No border, divider lines in various patterns. Colours greens, blues and gold. Alphabets A-Z in upper case Inscription reads 'REmemBeR noW Thy> cReaToR in THE Dyy> s oF Thy yovTH WH> Ile The EviL Dayes> come noT noR THE> yeRs DRaW niGH> When Thov sHaLT> say I Have no PLeasvR> in THEM> DREAm noT o Vain> man iT WiLL sERvE> Thy TvRn vPon Thy> DEATH BED FOR Thy> SInS To MovRn BvT> THInK HoW mAny> HATH Been snATCH> Way AnD HAVE noT> HAD TImE FOR meRcy> once To pRAy ItsIvs?> WITH GOD REPE> nT AnC To DenITo> THosE THAT> SEEK IT noT vnT> eL THEY DIE'. Signed and dated 'MARY COLESTOn HER WORK FInISHeD 1687'. A scattering of motifs, including a bird, a heart and a diamond
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Dimensions
22.5ins by 8.5ins wide
Circa Date
James II, dated 1687
Description
1687 Band sampler by Mary Coleston. 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 a silk-like thread on linen ground, in a variety of stitches including Algerian eye. No border, divider lines in various patterns. Colours greens, blues and gold. Alphabets A-Z in upper case Inscription reads 'REmemBeR noW Thy> cReaToR in THE Dyy> s oF Thy yovTH WH> Ile The EviL Dayes> come noT noR THE> yeRs DRaW niGH> When Thov sHaLT> say I Have no PLeasvR> in THEM> DREAm noT o Vain> man iT WiLL sERvE> Thy TvRn vPon Thy> DEATH BED FOR Thy> SInS To MovRn BvT> THInK HoW mAny> HATH Been snATCH> Way AnD HAVE noT> HAD TImE FOR meRcy> once To pRAy ItsIvs?> WITH GOD REPE> nT AnC To DenITo> THosE THAT> SEEK IT noT vnT> eL THEY DIE'. Signed and dated 'MARY COLESTOn HER WORK FInISHeD 1687'. A scattering of motifs, including a bird, a heart and a diamond
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