Antique Sampler, Circa 1830, By Harriet Pellen

William IV, Circa 1830. 17.3ins high, 13.8ins wide, 0.8ins deep. 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.

CONDITION: Good.

A few small holes/pulls to the lower base edge.

No stains, only old tack marks to the outer edges where the sampler was previously tacked to a stretcher frame.

No stitch losses.

Colours are all good and strong with no noticeable fading.

No colour run.

Neatly and evenly stretched.

Frame showing slight wear, otherwise sound.

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