1804 Sampler by Ann Parsons. 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 silks on a linen ground, in a variety of stitches including Algerian eye. Meandering leafy border. Colours browns, cream, blue, yellow, pale blue, white, greens and pinks. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and lower case and numbers 1-27 Verses read
'Virtue's the chiefest beauty of the mind>The noblest ornament of human kind>Virtue's our safeguard and our guiding star>That stirs up reason when our senses jar'
and
'Seek ye the Lord while he may be found>Call upon him while he is near'.
Signed and dated 'Ann Parsons March 1804'.
A good set of motifs, including temples, birds, fir trees, crowns, lions and fruit baskets.
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Dimensions
16.5ins by 13.25ins wide
Circa Date
George III, dated 1804
Description
1804 Sampler by Ann Parsons. 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 silks on a linen ground, in a variety of stitches including Algerian eye. Meandering leafy border. Colours browns, cream, blue, yellow, pale blue, white, greens and pinks. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and lower case and numbers 1-27 Verses read
'Virtue's the chiefest beauty of the mind>The noblest ornament of human kind>Virtue's our safeguard and our guiding star>That stirs up reason when our senses jar'
and
'Seek ye the Lord while he may be found>Call upon him while he is near'.
Signed and dated 'Ann Parsons March 1804'.
A good set of motifs, including temples, birds, fir trees, crowns, lions and fruit baskets.
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