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1825 Silkwork Sampler by Anne Hodgkinson

George IV, dated 1825. 14ins by 12.5ins wide. 1825 Silkwork Sampler by Anne Hodgkinson. Framed in a modern wood and gilt frame with glass.

Stitched to paper and secured with a wooden stretcher frame. Brown paper dust cover.

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

Meandering floral border.

Colours gold, blue, green, light green, magenta and white.

Verse reads

'Charity decent modest easy kind

Softens the high and rears the abject mind

Knows with just reins and gentle hand to guide

Betwixt vile shame and arbitrary pride

Not soon provok'd she easily forgives

And much she suffers as she much believes

Soft peace she brings wherever she arrives

She builds our quiet as she forms our lives

Lays the rough paths of peevish nature even

And opens in each heart a little Heaven'.

Signed and dated

'Anne Hodgkinson Worked in her twelfth year 1825'.

A good set of motifs, including two castles,

dogs,

birds,

a potted fir tree,

blossoming trees,

crowns,

fruit baskets

and potted flowering plants.

CONDITION: Good. No holes.

A few very light stains.

No stitch losses.

Colours are slightly faded, but still well defined.

No colour run.

Stretching is slightly uneven.

Frame in very good condition, ready to hang.

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