Dimensions
18.75ins by 17.5ins wide
Circa Date
George IV, dated 1823
Description - ID#20720
1823 Sampler by Ann Chaffey. 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 silk on linen ground, in a variety of stitches. Meandering floral border. Colours greens, blue, red, black, white and pink. Fabulous verse entitled 'The Way To Be Happy.' reads
'How pleasant it is, at the end of the day,>No follies to have to repent;>But reflect on the past, and be able to say,>That my time has been properly spent.>When I've done all my bus'ness with patience and care,>And been good, and obliging and kind,>I lie on my pillow and sleep away there,>With a happy and peaceable mind.>But, instead of all this, if it must be confest,>That I careless and idle have been,>I lie down as usual, and go to my rest,>But feel discontented within.>Then as I dislike all the trouble I've had,>In future I'll try to prevent it,>For I never am naughty without being sad,>Or good without being contented.'.
Signed and dated 'Ann Chaffey May 29th 1823 Aged 10'.
A wonderful set of motifs, some finely embroidered, including birds, a fruit basket, fir trees, crowns, hearts, dogs and potted flowering plants.
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