Antique Sampler, Circa 1830, by Harriet Pellen. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch and Algerian eye. Meandering strawberry border. Colours browns, yellow, greens and cream. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and family initials Verse reads, 'And now my Soul another year>Of thy short life is past>It cannot long continue here>This year maybe my last'. Signed, 'Harriet Pellen the Daughter of Richard and Elisabeth Pellen Bornd March the 31st 1820'. A wonderful set of motifs, including Adam & Eve standing either side of the tree of life with a snake coiled around its trunk, birds, flowers, fruit baskets, potted flowering plants and stags. Framed in an old, possibly original, black, ebonised wood frame with glass. Mounting: The sampler is stitched over acid free card. Frame backed with chipboard.
Dimensions: 17.3ins high, 13.8ins wide, 0.8ins deep
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Dimensions
17.3ins high, 13.8ins wide, 0.8ins deep
Circa Date
William IV, Circa 1830
Description
Antique Sampler, Circa 1830, by Harriet Pellen. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch and Algerian eye. Meandering strawberry border. Colours browns, yellow, greens and cream. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and family initials Verse reads, 'And now my Soul another year>Of thy short life is past>It cannot long continue here>This year maybe my last'. Signed, 'Harriet Pellen the Daughter of Richard and Elisabeth Pellen Bornd March the 31st 1820'. A wonderful set of motifs, including Adam & Eve standing either side of the tree of life with a snake coiled around its trunk, birds, flowers, fruit baskets, potted flowering plants and stags. Framed in an old, possibly original, black, ebonised wood frame with glass. Mounting: The sampler is stitched over acid free card. Frame backed with chipboard.
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