Antique Sampler, 1779, by Mary Lee, Country Scene

George III, dated 1779. 17.7ins high, 12.8ins wide, 0.8ins deep. Georgian Sampler, 1779, by Mary Lee, 10 Years Old.

 

The sampler is worked in silk threads on a linen ground.

Meandering floral border.

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

Verses read, 'If You Desire To Worship God Alright, First In The Morning Pray And, Last at Night'.

And below that, 'Give Me a Place as Thy Saints Feet Or Some Fallen angels Vacant Seat, I'll Strive To Sing as Loud as They Who Sit above In Brighter Day.'.

Signed and dated, 'Mary Lee Finished This Work In The Tenth Year Of Her age 1779'.

The sampler features a wonderful pictorial panel with a countryside theme.

A lady and gentleman (possibly a shepherd and shepherdess) sit under trees, in a country landscape with their sheep and a dog.

There is a cottage in the background. Clouds and birds in the sky.

Framed in an old copper gilded wood frame with a geometric pattern.

Rippled, old glass.

Mounting: The sampler is tacked to a wood stretcher frame. Frame backed with card and sealed with tape.

CONDITION: Good. A number of small holes.

A larger hole in the bottom left hand border.

A pale stain in the bottom border.

No stitch losses other than to the holed areas.

Colours are mostly good and strong. No colour run.

Stretching is slightly uneven.

Frame has a couple of the patterned areas chipped off, but is otherwise sound.

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