1811 Sampler by Harriot Adams. Framed in an old wood frame with glass. Mounted to conservator standards on acid free card with chipboard backing. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in a variety of stitches including Algerian eye. Meandering strawberry border. Colours blues, yellow, light brown, white, pink, greens and black. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and lower case and numbers 1-5 Verse reads'Humility thou choiceft lovelieft Maid>NurFe of each grace with every charme arry'd>Who knoweft oer others faults to caft a Veil>And turnst afide from cenfures ready tale'>'Dear Saviour oh what ails this Heart>Sure tis of Stone it cannot fmart>Nor yet relent the Death of thee>Whofe Death aloane could ranfom me'>'Count whats more sweet>Or fairer than a Flower>And yet it blooms fades>Within an hour', 'Harriot Adams finishd this June the tenth 1811 Aged Thirteen years'. A good set of motifs, including flowering trees, birds, fruit baskets and potted flowering plants
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Dimensions
14ins high by 12ins wide
Circa Date
George III, dated 1811
Description
1811 Sampler by Harriot Adams. Framed in an old wood frame with glass. Mounted to conservator standards on acid free card with chipboard backing. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in a variety of stitches including Algerian eye. Meandering strawberry border. Colours blues, yellow, light brown, white, pink, greens and black. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and lower case and numbers 1-5 Verse reads'Humility thou choiceft lovelieft Maid>NurFe of each grace with every charme arry'd>Who knoweft oer others faults to caft a Veil>And turnst afide from cenfures ready tale'>'Dear Saviour oh what ails this Heart>Sure tis of Stone it cannot fmart>Nor yet relent the Death of thee>Whofe Death aloane could ranfom me'>'Count whats more sweet>Or fairer than a Flower>And yet it blooms fades>Within an hour', 'Harriot Adams finishd this June the tenth 1811 Aged Thirteen years'. A good set of motifs, including flowering trees, birds, fruit baskets and potted flowering plants
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