Small Antique Sampler, 1781, By Elizabeth Royce

George III, dated 1781. 11.5ins by 7.5ins wide. 1781 Antique Sampler by Elizabeth Royce. Framed in an old ebonised wooden frame, with rippled old glass.

Loose mounted onto card. Wood backing, with paper cover.

The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch and Algerian eye.

Rolling waves border.

Colours red, blue, yellow, green, brown and cream. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and numbers 1-9.

Verse reads,

'When I be gone God give

me speed With Grace and

Virtue to Proceed That

I may run that happy Race

That Haven may be my

Dwelling Place'.

Signed and dated

'Elizab Royce August 1 1781'.

A few motifs including fruit baskets,

fleur de lis,

fir trees,

birds

and potted flowering plants

CONDITION: Good.

A few small holes/pulls to the ground.

A few very slight patchy stains.

No stitch losses.

Colours are generally bright.

No colour run.

Stretching is slightly uneven.

Frame has a few chips and some wear, but is in generally good condition, ready to hang.

 

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