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1815 Silkwork Sampler by Marjory Stewart

George III, dated 1815. 16ins by 13.75ins wide. 1815 Silkwork Sampler by Marjory Stewart. Framed in an old wood frame with gilt slip and rippled, old glass.

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

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

Meandering strawberry border.

Colours dark green, silver, black, light green, magenta, cream and gold.

Alphabets A-Z in upper case.

Verse reads

'In Life's Gay morn, when sprightly youth

with what ardour Glows:

and shines to all the Fairest charms

Which Beauty can disclos;

The rose had been wash'd, just wash'd in a show'r,

which Mary to Anna convey'd,

The plentiful moisture incumber'd, the Flow'r,

And weigh,d down its Beautiful head,

The cup was all Fill'd And the leaves were all wet

And it seem'd, to a Fanciful view,

To weep For the Buds it had Left with reGret,

on the Flourishing bush where it Grew.'.

Signed and dated

'Marjory Stewart 1815'.

A few motifs including a thatched cottage with a garden,

flowers, fir trees

and crowns with family initials.

CONDITION: Good.

A few small holes.

Two very pale stains behind the alphabet.

No stitch losses.

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

No colour run.

Stretching is very slightly uneven.

Frame in very good condition, ready to hang.

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