1719 'Rotherhithe' Band Sampler by Elizabeth Day

George I, dated 1719. 18ins by 8.25ins wide.

1719 Band sampler by Elizabeth Day. Framed in a modern wood frame with glass.

Fixed to board with chipboard backing.

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

No border, divider lines in various patterns. Colours yellow, cream, pink, grey and blue. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and lower case and numbers 1-12.

Verse reads,

'There WAS A nimbLe Foot

Man that Run Away From Death

and In the LenGth oF Runing He W

as out of Breth Death over TooK h

IM and made hIm A SLaVe and sent h

Im of an arant unto hIs sILant Gra

ve'.

Signed and dated 'ELIzabeth DaY Is mY Name and EngLand Is mY natIon and RotherhIthe Is mY DweLLInG Place and ChrIst Is mY SalvatIon March the 21 DaY 1719'.

Rotherhithe is a District in London, England.

CONDITION: Good. No holes.

Three old tack rust stains to the extreme top and bottom edges.

One pale patchy stain to a divider line.

No stitch losses. Colours are slightly faded, but still well defined. No colour run.

Stretching is slightly uneven.

Frame showing slight wear, otherwise sound.

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