1723 Verse Sampler by Mary Tymbs. 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 cross stitch and Algerian eye. No border, divider lines in various patterns. Colours blues, yellow, pink, purple, greens and red. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and family names. Verses read 'RememBer now thy creato> ur in the Days oF thy youth> While the eviL Days come> not nor the yeArs Draw> niGh When Thou shAL sAy> I Have no pLeAsure in Them'
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'ThereFore Be> Ye ALLso ReA> Dy for in such> an hour As Ye> Think not The> Sun of man> cometh'. Signed and dated 'Mary Tymbs the daughter of James and Mary Tymbs of Great Dunmo born o the 5 Day of January 171?'. Great Dunmow is a town in the county of Essex, England. A few heart motifs.
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Dimensions
18.5ins by 7ins wide
Circa Date
George I, dated 1723
Description
1723 Verse Sampler by Mary Tymbs. 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 cross stitch and Algerian eye. No border, divider lines in various patterns. Colours blues, yellow, pink, purple, greens and red. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and family names. Verses read 'RememBer now thy creato> ur in the Days oF thy youth> While the eviL Days come> not nor the yeArs Draw> niGh When Thou shAL sAy> I Have no pLeAsure in Them'
and
'ThereFore Be> Ye ALLso ReA> Dy for in such> an hour As Ye> Think not The> Sun of man> cometh'. Signed and dated 'Mary Tymbs the daughter of James and Mary Tymbs of Great Dunmo born o the 5 Day of January 171?'. Great Dunmow is a town in the county of Essex, England. A few heart motifs.
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