Antique Sampler, 1784, by Jean Davidson

George III, dated 1784. 12.5ins by 12ins wide. 1784 Adam & Eve Sampler by Jean Davidson. 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 silk on linen ground, in cross stitch throughout.

Meandering strawberry border.

Colours red, blue, green, black, white and brown.

Family initials, RD & MA. Verse reads,

'AND the Lord God CaLLed Un

To adam and said UNTO him

Where art thou And he Said I

heard ThY VOICe In The Garden

And I was afraid BeCause I

Was NaKed and I hid mYself'

and

' DUST? THOU art

And unto

Dust Shal

Thou

Return'

and

'On

Thy

Belly

Shalt

Th

OU

GO

and'

and

' And

They

Sewed

Fig Leav

and made

aprons'.

Signed and dated, 'JEAN DAVIDSON AGED 10 1784'.

A few motifs including Adam & Eve standing either side of the tree of life with a snake coiled around its trunk, potted flowering plants and a figure

CONDITION: Good. Uniform age-darkening of the ground. Colours are mostly good and strong with no noticeable fading. No colour run. Stretching is slightly uneven.

Frame in good condition, ready to hang.

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