UNFRAMED ANTIQUE HAND - STITCHED SAMPLER - BLUE THREAD ON HOMESPUN FABRIC - EARLY 1800
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:183858 |
THIS IS NOT DATED, BUT READS "BORN APRIEL 3, 177-" SO, IT WAS PROBABLY DONE SOMETIME IN THE EARLY 1800S...IT IS 11-1/4" X 16-3/4"...IT IS DONE IN BLUE ON ECRU HOMESPUN LINEN. THERE ARE SEVERAL LINES OF ABC'S AND NUMBERS AND BORDERS, THEN A POEM "DEAR SAVIOUR OH WHAT AILS THIS HEART SURE TIS OF STONE IT CANNOT SMART NOR YET RELENT THE DEATH OF THEE, WHOSE DEATH ALONE COULD RANSOM ME CAN I BEHOLD THY PAINS SO GREAT THY DYING LIGHTS THY BLOODY SWEAT CANST THOU POUR FORTH SUCH ...STREAMS FOR ME AND I NOT A DROP ONE TEEAR FOR THEE"...SIGNED "MARY BARBER BORN APRIEL 3, 177-"...BECAUSE OF THE SPELLING, THIS IS PROBABLY BRITISH...THERE IS ALSO A CROWN, AND TREES AND HEARTS IN THE BORDERS OF THE POEM...MOSTLY IN TAN AND BROWN. THE BLUE THREAD TURNS TO A GRAY-GREEN DURING THE POEM...BEAUTIFUL OLD PIECE, WOULD BE WONDERFUL FRAMED!
