1821 Sampler by Sarah Bing. Framed in an old wood frame with rippled, old glass. Fixed to linen with wood and brown paper backing. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in a variety of stitches. Meandering strawberry border. Colours green, cream, pale blue, dark brown, gold, white and black.
Verses read, 'I AM BUT YOUNG IN ART AND CANNOT SHEW>SUCH WORK AS I UNTO MY PARENTS OWE>BUT PLEASE TO SMILE UPON MY MEAN ENDEAVOUR>I'LL STRIVE TO MEND AND BE OBEDIENT EVER'
and,
'TEACH ME O LORD TO KEEP IN VIEW>THY PATTERN AND THY STEPS PURSUE>LET ALMS BESTOW'D LET KINDNESS DONE>BE WITNESS'D BY EACH RISING SUN'.
Signed and dated, 'SARAH BING AGED 11 YEARS 1821'. A good set of motifs, including Adam & Eve standing either side of the tree of life with a snake coiled around its trunk, dogs, birds, stags, fir trees, hearts, crowns and potted flowering plants.
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Dimensions
16ins by 11.75ins wide
Circa Date
George IV, dated 1821
Description
1821 Sampler by Sarah Bing. Framed in an old wood frame with rippled, old glass. Fixed to linen with wood and brown paper backing. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in a variety of stitches. Meandering strawberry border. Colours green, cream, pale blue, dark brown, gold, white and black.
Verses read, 'I AM BUT YOUNG IN ART AND CANNOT SHEW>SUCH WORK AS I UNTO MY PARENTS OWE>BUT PLEASE TO SMILE UPON MY MEAN ENDEAVOUR>I'LL STRIVE TO MEND AND BE OBEDIENT EVER'
and,
'TEACH ME O LORD TO KEEP IN VIEW>THY PATTERN AND THY STEPS PURSUE>LET ALMS BESTOW'D LET KINDNESS DONE>BE WITNESS'D BY EACH RISING SUN'.
Signed and dated, 'SARAH BING AGED 11 YEARS 1821'. A good set of motifs, including Adam & Eve standing either side of the tree of life with a snake coiled around its trunk, dogs, birds, stags, fir trees, hearts, crowns and potted flowering plants.
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