1789 sampler by Dinah Harvey aged 8. Worked in a silk-like thread on linen ground in a variety of stitches and colours. Meandering strawberry border at the top, plain to the sides. A long inscription reads "One weeks extremity may teach us more than long prosperity had done before death is forgottem in our easy state But troubles mind us of our final fate The doing ill affects us not with fears but suffering ill brings sorrow woe and tears. Ye wandring travellers that pass this way stand still a while there survey and on result of serious thoughts declare if ever sorrows might with mine compare But God in mercy hath decreed this cup most willingly Therefore I drink it up.' And below the signature, ' When we have once resigned our sinful breath for we can die but once then after death the immortal soul then immediately goes to endless joys or everlasting woes. Wise then is the man who labours to secure his passage safe and his reception sure.' Signed and dated, 'Dinah Harvey aged 8 years 1789'. Numbers 1-12. Motifs include dogs, birds, fruit baskets, fir trees, blossoming trees, crowns, hearts. Framed in an old wood frame with rippled, old glass. Mounting: The sampler is fixed firm but loose over mountboard. Frame backed with wood and sealed with tape.
Condition Summary*
Generally Good. The piece presents very well, despite some damage that may be present.
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Dimensions: 12ins high, 8.1ins wide, 1ins deep
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Dimensions
12ins high, 8.1ins wide, 1ins deep
Circa Date
George III, dated 1789
Description - ID#22623
1789 sampler by Dinah Harvey aged 8. Worked in a silk-like thread on linen ground in a variety of stitches and colours. Meandering strawberry border at the top, plain to the sides. A long inscription reads "One weeks extremity may teach us more than long prosperity had done before death is forgottem in our easy state But troubles mind us of our final fate The doing ill affects us not with fears but suffering ill brings sorrow woe and tears. Ye wandring travellers that pass this way stand still a while there survey and on result of serious thoughts declare if ever sorrows might with mine compare But God in mercy hath decreed this cup most willingly Therefore I drink it up.' And below the signature, ' When we have once resigned our sinful breath for we can die but once then after death the immortal soul then immediately goes to endless joys or everlasting woes. Wise then is the man who labours to secure his passage safe and his reception sure.' Signed and dated, 'Dinah Harvey aged 8 years 1789'. Numbers 1-12. Motifs include dogs, birds, fruit baskets, fir trees, blossoming trees, crowns, hearts. Framed in an old wood frame with rippled, old glass. Mounting: The sampler is fixed firm but loose over mountboard. Frame backed with wood and sealed with tape.
Condition Summary
Generally Good. The piece presents very well, despite some damage that may be present.
* For a FULL and DETAILED condition report with accompanying images, be sure to click on the, 'More Images & Full Condition' button on this page.
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