1781 Antique Sampler by Elizabeth Royce. Framed in an old ebonised wooden frame, with rippled old glass. Loose mounted onto card. Wood backing, with paper cover. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch and Algerian eye. Rolling waves border. Colours red, blue, yellow, green, brown and cream. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and numbers 1-9. Verse reads, 'When I be gone God give> me speed With Grace and> Virtue to Proceed That> I may run that happy Race> That Haven may be my> Dwelling Place'. Signed and dated 'Elizab Royce August 1 1781'. A few motifs including fruit baskets, fleur de lis, fir trees, birds and potted flowering plants
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Dimensions
11.5ins by 7.5ins wide
Circa Date
George III, dated 1781
Description
1781 Antique Sampler by Elizabeth Royce. Framed in an old ebonised wooden frame, with rippled old glass. Loose mounted onto card. Wood backing, with paper cover. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch and Algerian eye. Rolling waves border. Colours red, blue, yellow, green, brown and cream. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and numbers 1-9. Verse reads, 'When I be gone God give> me speed With Grace and> Virtue to Proceed That> I may run that happy Race> That Haven may be my> Dwelling Place'. Signed and dated 'Elizab Royce August 1 1781'. A few motifs including fruit baskets, fleur de lis, fir trees, birds and potted flowering plants
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