1829 'Diligence' Sampler by Margaret Main

George IV, dated May 30 1829. 21ins by 17ins wide. 1829 'Diligence' Sampler by Margaret Main. Framed in an old wood frame with gilt slip and glass.

Mounted to conservator standards on acid free card with chipboard backing.

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

Floral border.

Colours red, cream, gold, black, browns and greens.

Verse entitled

'Diligence'

reads

'How truly blest are they how leasure find

To dress the little garden of the mind

That grateful tillage will reward our pains

Sweet is the labour certain are the gains

The rising harvest never mocks our toil

We'er sure of fruit if we manure the soil'.

Signed and dated

'Margaret Main Aged 12 May 30 Anno Domini 1829'.

A central picture of two girls in bonnets, one with a parosol, standing between two trees.

CONDITION: Generally Good.

Two holes.

No stains other than uniform age darkening of the ground.

Very minor stitch loss to the verse,

and the girl's bonnets.

Colours are mostly good and strong with no noticeable fading.

Stretching is slightly uneven.

Frame in good condition, ready to hang.

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