Antique Norfolk Sampler, 1814, by Eliza Saunders

George III, dated 1814. 10.8ins high, 12ins wide, 1.6ins deep. 1814 Adam & Eve Norfolk Sampler by Eliza Saunders.

The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in a variety of stitches including Algerian eye.

Geometric pattern to border.

Colours greens, red, yellow, pale blue, browns and cream.

Signed and dated

'Eliza Saunders Aged 12 1814'.

Placename 'Dickleburgh' is a village in Norfolk, England.

A wonderful set of motifs, some finely embroidered, including Adam & Eve standing either side of the tree of life with a snake coiled around its trunk,

lions,

birds,

flowers,

trees, laden with fruit,

dogs,

stags,

fir trees,

sheep grazing in a meadow,

bees,

butterflies

and stars.

Framed in an old wood frame with rippled, dimpled, old glass.

Mounting: The sampler is mounted onto card and stretched over a wooden board.

Frame backed with brown paper.

CONDITION: Good.

A couple of small holes.

A few pale stain specks.

No stitch losses, just one loose thread to the apple tree motif.

Colours are all good and strong with no noticeable fading.

No colour run.

Stretching is slightly uneven.

Frame showing some wear, but is structurally sound and in our opinion could be hung 'as is'.

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