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1842 Silkwork Sampler by Ann White

Victorian, dated 1842. 16.75ins by 12.75ins wide. 1842 Silkwork Sampler by Ann White. Framed in an old, black stained wood frame with rippled, old glass.

Mounted to conservator standards on acid free card with chipboard backing.

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

Meandering strawberry border.

Colours dark green, cream, green, gold and navy blue.

Alphabets A-Y in upper case and family initials.

Aphorism reads

'When thou art rich thou hast many friends but

if riches fail friends soon Will prove unkind'.

Signed and dated

'This Work Was made by Ann White in the year 1842'.

A good set of motifs, including a house,

dog,

crown,

flowers,

two stags below a fruit tree,

potted flowering plants

and fir trees.

CONDITION: Good.

A number of small holes.

A few pale stain specks.

No stitch losses other than to the holed areas.

Colours are mostly good and strong with no noticeable fading. The silks bright and glossy.

No colour run.

Neatly and evenly stretched.

Frame in very good condition, ready to hang.

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