1709 Silkwork Verse Sampler by Priscilla Freame

Queen Anne, dated 1709. 17ins by 8.5ins wide. 1709 Sampler by Priscilla Freame.

Framed in an old wood frame with gilt slip and glass.

Mounted to conservator standards on acid free card with fabric covered board backing.

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

No border, divider lines in various patterns.

Colours greens, cream, yellow, light brown, pinks and blues. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and numbers 1-15.

Verses read

'O Keep Me In Thy Fear Thou ALL In ALL

That I May ALWys Hearken To Thy Ca

LL And AnsWer Thy Commands IF Thou

Say Come Or Go I With a WILLIng Mind

May Run The Paths OF Thy Pure Precep

ts That I May StILL KnoW Thy Presence

In Thy LIVIng Way Ah Guide Me By Thy

BrIGht EnamrinG EyE WhereIn Sweet M

Ildness Mixt With MaJesty So Overcome

s My Soul That Ah My Heart Thus Wou

nded Loves To Feel So Sweet A Smart TIS

Thou Alone That Wounds And Gently He

ALS Thou KILLS And EverLastinG LIFe Re

veal unto The Dead That Hear Thy Voice

They Live To Bless Thy Name And LIvIN

G Praises Give'

and

'Love Thou The Lord And He WILL Be A T

ender Father unto The'

and

'The LIFe OF Truth BeautyFieth Yo

uth And Makes It Comely To Behold

Blessed Are They That Makes It Th

ere Stay And PrIZe It More Then Go

ld It Shall Be To Them A Royal dia

dem Transsending ALL Earthly Ioys

They Shall Be Blesst And Ever At

Rest Where Nothing Shall Anoye'.

Signed and dated 'Priscilla Freame Her Work 1709'.

An elaborately worked floral and foliate band.

CONDITION: Generally good. A number of small holes.

A couple of stain specks and some patchy staining.

Very minor stitch loss to the floral band and holed areas only.

Colours are mostly good and strong with no noticeable fading. The silks bright and glossy. No colour run.

Stretching is very slightly uneven.

Frame in very good condition, ready to hang.

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