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1725 Silkwork Sampler by Rebekah Brown

George I, dated 1725. 15.75ins by 8.5ins wide. 1725 Silkwork Sampler by Rebekah Brown. Framed in an old, possibly original, gilt over wood frame with old glass.

Stitched to linen with chipboard backing.

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

No border, divider lines in various patterns.

Colours gold, cream, pale blue, magenta, olive green and blue.

Alphabets A-U in upper case and numbers 1-18.

Verses read

'Learning Is an ornement Both

Prophet Pleasure and Content

Vertue Chuse and Vice Refus'.

'Welth May Take Whings and

Riches Flie away But God Is

A Rock That never Will De

cay'.

'This Sampler My name will

Ever have when I am Dead

and Laid In Grave when

Greedy worms my Body eat

Then you may Read my name

compleat'.

' art hath Taught My Fingers

skill to write with out Pen

Ink or Quill'.

Signed and dated

'Made By Me Rebekah 1725 Brown In The 6 Year of Her age'.

A few floral and diamond motifs.

CONDITION: Good. No holes.

A few pale, patchy stains and one small, dark stain line.

Very minor stitch losses to the divider lines.

Colours are faded, but still well defined.

No colour run.

Stretching is slightly uneven.

Frame in good condition, ready to hang.

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