Antique Scottish Sampler, 1803, By Jannet Anderson. Framed in an old, gilded, gesso frame with glass. Fixed to linen with wood backing. The sampler is finely worked in silk on linen ground, in a variety of stitches. Meandering floral border. Colours red, cream, light brown, greens and blue. Verse reads, 'CLASPD IN MY>HEAVNLY>FATHERS ARMS>I WOULD>FORGET MY>BREATH AND>LOS MY LIFE>AMONG THE>CHARMS OF SO>DVINE A DEATH'. Family initials. Signed and dated 'Iannet Anderson Her work Aged 10 1803'. A wonderful set of motifs, including a lady and a gentleman standing in front of a large house, a lion, dogs, birds, angels, flowers, potted flowering plants, fruit baskets, fir trees, Adam & Eve standing either side of the tree of life with a snake coiled around its trunk, a key and a cockerel
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Dimensions
16ins high by 12.5ins wide
Circa Date
George III, dated 1803
Description
Antique Scottish Sampler, 1803, By Jannet Anderson. Framed in an old, gilded, gesso frame with glass. Fixed to linen with wood backing. The sampler is finely worked in silk on linen ground, in a variety of stitches. Meandering floral border. Colours red, cream, light brown, greens and blue. Verse reads, 'CLASPD IN MY>HEAVNLY>FATHERS ARMS>I WOULD>FORGET MY>BREATH AND>LOS MY LIFE>AMONG THE>CHARMS OF SO>DVINE A DEATH'. Family initials. Signed and dated 'Iannet Anderson Her work Aged 10 1803'. A wonderful set of motifs, including a lady and a gentleman standing in front of a large house, a lion, dogs, birds, angels, flowers, potted flowering plants, fruit baskets, fir trees, Adam & Eve standing either side of the tree of life with a snake coiled around its trunk, a key and a cockerel
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