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Circa 1800 sampler by Susanna Hay

Victorian, circa 1800. 27.25ins by 16.5ins wide. Framed in a wood frame with no glass. Glued to board with wood dust cover.

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

No border, divider lines in various patterns.

Colors red, yellow, light brown, copper, white, pink, purple, orange, green and pale blue.

Alphabets A-Z in uppercase and lower case with numbers 1-24.

Verse reads

'Favour is deceitfull, and beauty
is vain, but a woman that feareth
the Lord she shall be praised.'.

Signed 'Susanna Hay ageed 8 years Miss Burton'.

A few motifs including flowers,

crowns

and potted flowering plants.

CONDITION: Good. No holes but some pulling of the ground, illustrated.

One patchy light stain, illustrated.

Some stitch losses to letter of the alphabets, divider lines, and motifs, all illustrated.

Colors are mostly good and strong with no noticeable fading. No color run.

Stretching is slightly uneven.

Frame showing some wear, worst illustrated, but is structurally sound and in our opinion could be hung 'as is'.

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