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1842 Silkwork Sampler by Emma Naylor

Victorian, dated July 19th 1842. 16.5ins by 12.75ins wide. 1842 Silkwork Sampler by Emma Naylor. Unframed and stitched to paper backing.

The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch throughout.

Cross linked chain border.

Colours red and navy blue.

Alphabets A-Z in uppercase and lower case with numbers 1-20, and then going up in tens through to 90.

Verse reads

'T'will save us from a thousand snares

To mind religion young;

Grace will preserve our following years,

And make our virtue strong.'.

Signed and dated

'Emma Naylor . Aged eight years. July the nineteenth 1842'.

Crowns with initials and diamonds.

CONDITION: Fair. A number of holes.

A number of dark stains.

No stitch losses other than to the holed areas.

Colours are mostly good and strong with no noticeable fading. No colour run.

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