1765 Norfolk Sampler by Hannah Humphrey. The sampler is worked in silk on canvas ground, in cross stitch and Algerian eye. Divider lines in various patterns. Colours blue, yellow, light brown, copper, greens and cream. Alphabets A-Z in upper case, vowels, numbers 1-9, and family initials (including a name, 'Ann Buxton'. Verse reads, 'Hannah Humphrey Is My Name>and With My Needle I Work>The Same and By My Work>You May Plainly See What>Care My Parents Took With>Mee'. Dated '1765' and '8 Oct'. Placename 'Filby' is a town in Norfolk, England. A few motifs including potted flowering plants, birds, blossoming trees, baskets, diamonds and crowns. Framed in a wood frame with glass. Mounting: The sampler is tacked to board. Frame backed with brown paper.
Dimensions: 10.2ins high, 7.9ins wide, 0.4ins deep
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Dimensions
10.2ins high, 7.9ins wide, 0.4ins deep
Circa Date
George III, dated 1765
Description
1765 Norfolk Sampler by Hannah Humphrey. The sampler is worked in silk on canvas ground, in cross stitch and Algerian eye. Divider lines in various patterns. Colours blue, yellow, light brown, copper, greens and cream. Alphabets A-Z in upper case, vowels, numbers 1-9, and family initials (including a name, 'Ann Buxton'. Verse reads, 'Hannah Humphrey Is My Name>and With My Needle I Work>The Same and By My Work>You May Plainly See What>Care My Parents Took With>Mee'. Dated '1765' and '8 Oct'. Placename 'Filby' is a town in Norfolk, England. A few motifs including potted flowering plants, birds, blossoming trees, baskets, diamonds and crowns. Framed in a wood frame with glass. Mounting: The sampler is tacked to board. Frame backed with brown paper.
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