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1833 House Sampler by Margaret Baines

William IV, dated 1833. 16.75ins by 21ins wide. 1833 House Sampler by Margaret Baines. Framed in an old wood frame with gilt slip and rippled old glass.

Fixed to chipboard dust cover using a sticky tape (easily removable).

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

Simple embroidered border.

Colours yellow, cream and blue.

Verse reads

'When I on this my sampler gaze

In future sad of happy days

Its Woodbine wreath an cross stich neat

Kind admonition may repeat

The childs achievement then shall be

As pure o future Industry'.

Signed and dated 'Margaret Baineses Specimen Weld Bank School 1833'.

A good set of motifs, including a house with a garden,

birds,

 

flowers, potted flowering plants,

 

fir trees,

baskets,

geese,

swans

and butterflies

 

CONDITION: Good. A few small holes.

 

 

Three slight, patchy stains.

 

No stitch losses, just two loose threads.

 

Colours are slightly faded. No colour run. Slightly uneven stretching.

Frame showing wear and chips, but structurally sound and could be hung 'as is'.

 

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