Antique Norfolk Sampler, 1827, by Maria Curtis

George IV, dated 1827. 15ins high, 11ins wide, 0.9ins deep. Regency period sampler, 1827, by Maria Curtis.

The sampler is worked in fine wool and silk on linen ground, in cross stitch.

Meandering floral strawberry border.

Colours red, yellow, brown, silver, black, pink, green and blue.

Verse reads, 'So Death Serves All And Wealth And Pride > Must All Their Pomp Resign > Even Kings Shall Lay Their Crowns Aside > To Mix Their Dust With Mine'.

Signed and dated, 'Maria Curtis Wrought This In The 12 Year Of Her Age October 21 1827 Burnham Thorpe'. Placename Burnham Thorpe is a small village in the county of Norfolk, England.

A wonderful, full set of motifs, including a house with a garden, a girl and two sheep within.

Dogs,

birds, flowers, flower baskets,

potted flowering plants

and rabbits.

Framed in an old, possibly original, Hogarth frame with glass.

Mounting: The sampler is stitched to calico slip over mountboard board. Frame backed with wood and sealed with tape.

CONDITION: Good. A few small holes.

No stains. No stitch losses. Colours are all good and strong with no noticeable fading. No colour run. Neatly and evenly stretched.

Slight rippling to the linen ground.

Frame with a few chips to the moldings.

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