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1839 Silkwork Sampler by Sarah Redhouse

Victorian, dated February 28th 1839. 16.5ins by 12.75ins wide. 1839 Silkwork Sampler by Sarah Redhouse. Framed in an old wood frame with gilt slip and glass.

Mounted to conservator standards on acid free card with chipboard dust cover.

The sampler is very finely worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch and Algerian eye.

Meandering floral border.

Colours light green, dark brown, gold, white, pink and dark green.

Verse entitled 'ELEGY' reads

'Can storied urn or animated bust

Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath

Can Honours voice provoke the silent dust

Or flattery sooth the dull cold ear of Death

Full many a gem of purest ray serene

The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen

And waste its sweetness on the desert air'.

The 'Elegy' is Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" written sometime in the 1700's.

Signed and dated

'SARAH REDHOUSE FEBRUARY 28th 1839'.

Two fruit basket motifs.

CONDITION: Very Good. A few small holes.

Two pale patchy stains,

and slight uniform age darkening of the ground around the edges.

No stitch losses.

Colours are all good and strong with no noticeable fading. The silks bright and glossy. No colour run.

Neatly and evenly stretched.

Frame in very good condition.

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