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1839 Silkwork Sampler by Ann Batchelor

Victorian, dated 1839. 13.25ins by 12.5ins wide. Framed in an old, possibly original, wood frame with rippled, old glass. Mounted to conservator standards on acid free card with chipboard dust cover.

The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch throughout.

Meandering floral border.

Colours black, cream, light blue, green, dark brown, gold, pink, dark green and light brown.

Alphabets A-Z in uppercase and lower case with numbers 1-20.

Verse entitled 'IMPROVEING TIME' reads

'Since I soon must part for ever

From the joys of time and sense

Let it be my first endeavour

To prepare for going hence

What though I am young and healthy

Children less and younger die

Though my friends were great and wealthy

Low as others I must lie

My kind teachers often tell me

That I have a soul to save

Shall I suffer sloth to hold me

When I'm hastening to the grave

Let me seize each moment rather

And improve it ere it flies

Active till my heavenly Father

Calls me to those upper skies'.

Signed and dated 'Ann Batchelor Workd This in the 12 Year of her Age 1839'.

Good set of motifs, some finely detailed, including fruit trees,

dogs,

birds,

a fir tree,

potted flowering plants,

fruit baskets

and flowers.

CONDITION: Generally Good. A few holes, illustrated.

One tiny stain speck to border, illustrated.

No stitch losses other than to the holed areas.

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

Stretching is very slightly uneven.

Repainted frame in good condition, ready to hang.

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