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1842 Silkwork Sampler by Catharine Staley

Victorian, dated December 15 1842. 12.25ins by 12.5ins wide. 1842 Silkwork Sampler by Catharine Staley. Unframed.

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

Cross linked chain border.

Colours burgundy, cream, gold, green and black.

Alphabets A-Z in upper case and lower case and numbers 1-20, then in multiples of 10 through to 50.

Verse reads

'The loss of time is much

The loss of truth is more

The loss of Christ is such

That no man can restore'.

Inscriptions read

'Dear Lord

Remember me'

and

'Remember

Loss Wife'.

Signed and dated

'Catharine Staley . December 15 1842'.

A good set of motifs, including fir trees, birds,

rabbits,

a dog,

hearts, diamonds,

crowns,

flowers, strawberries

and potted flowering plants.

CONDITION: Fair.

A number of holes.

Several stains.

No stitch losses other than to the holed areas.

Colours are faded, but still well defined.

Slight colour run around the green threads.

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