1719 Band sampler by Elizabeth Day. Framed in a modern wood frame with glass. Fixed to board 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 yellow, cream, pink, grey and blue. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and lower case and numbers 1-12 Verse reads, 'There WAS A nimbLe Foot>Man that Run Away From Death>and In the LenGth oF Runing He W>as out of Breth Death over TooK h>IM and made hIm A SLaVe and sent h>Im of an arant unto hIs sILant Gra>ve'.. Signed and dated 'ELIzabeth DaY Is mY Name and EngLand Is mY natIon and RotherhIthe Is mY DweLLInG Place and ChrIst Is mY SalvatIon March the 21 DaY 1719'. Rotherhithe is a District in London, England.
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Dimensions
18ins by 8.25ins wide
Circa Date
George I, dated 1719
Description
1719 Band sampler by Elizabeth Day. Framed in a modern wood frame with glass. Fixed to board 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 yellow, cream, pink, grey and blue. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and lower case and numbers 1-12 Verse reads, 'There WAS A nimbLe Foot>Man that Run Away From Death>and In the LenGth oF Runing He W>as out of Breth Death over TooK h>IM and made hIm A SLaVe and sent h>Im of an arant unto hIs sILant Gra>ve'.. Signed and dated 'ELIzabeth DaY Is mY Name and EngLand Is mY natIon and RotherhIthe Is mY DweLLInG Place and ChrIst Is mY SalvatIon March the 21 DaY 1719'. Rotherhithe is a District in London, England.
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