Antique Scottish Sampler, 1808, by Isabella Summers

George III, dated 1808. 15.7ins high, 12.6ins wide, 0.9ins deep. Georgian Scottish Borders Sampler, 1808, by Isabella Summers.

The sampler is worked in silk threads on a linen ground, in a variety of stitches.

Wavy border.

Colours green, light brown, gold, silver, black, pink, red and blue.

Verse entitled 'On Virtue' reads, 'VIRTUE is the chiefest beauty of the mind, The noblest ornament of humankind, Virtue is OUR safeguard and OUR guiding staR, That stiRs Up Reason when our senses eRR'.

Signed and dated, 'ISABELLA SUMMERS HAWICK MAY 1808'.

Placename Hawick is a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland.

Wonderfully worked motif of a house, garden, trees, fence and rabbits.

A finely worked floral garland around the top.

Framed in a modern wood frame with glass.

Mounting: The sampler is stitched to acid free card. Frame backed with chipboard and sealed with tape.

CONDITION: Generally Good. A few holes, mostly backed with linen.

Missing edge outside the border in places.

A few pale stain specks.

No stitch losses. Colours are all good and strong with no noticeable fading.

No colour run. Stretching is slightly uneven, with top left border slightly over framed.

Frame in very good condition, ready to hang.

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