1802 Hipping Hall Quaker Sampler -Eliza Susanna Tatham

George III, dated 1802. 8.75ins by 12.25ins wide. 1802 Hipping Hall Quaker Sampler by Eliza Susanna Tatham. Framed in a modern, gilt over wood, frame with glass.

Tacked over card with black paper backing.

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

Simple oval line border.

Stitched in red.

Alphabets A-Z in upper case and lower case and numbers 1-12.

Signed and dated

'HIPPING HALL Eliza Susanna Tatham 1802'.

Hipping Hall is now a country house hotel near Kirkby Lonsdale in Cumbria. It was originally the family home of the Tathams.

CONDITION: Generally Good.

A number of holes.

A few pale patchy stains.

Some stitch losses to the border, divider lines and letters/numbers.

Colour is slightly faded but still well defined. No colour run.

Stretching is slightly uneven.

Frame in good condition, ready to hang.

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