MID 19TH CENTURY FIGURES, MOTIF & VERSE SAMPLER BY ELIZEBETH SEATON - C. 1840
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Reference Number: Avaluer:64983 |
Soon shall I pass the gloomy valeSoon all my mortal power must failO may my last expiring breathHis loving kindness sing in deathThen let me mount and soar awayTo the bright world of endless dayAnd sing with rapture and surpriseHis loving kindness in the skiesElizebeth Seaton
The lower section of the gauze is stitched with a central oak tree with a dog standing on either side of its trunk and a flying insect on each side of its foliage. There is a stag and dog to the left of the tree and a man leaning on his gun and a dog its right. There is a bird standing on a blossom branch in each of the lower corners with a flower and fruit basket on either side of the bird to the left and a squirrel eating a nut and a flower on either side of the bird to the right. The whole piece is then surrounded by a strawberry border.The gauze has overall discolouration consistent with its age, slightly darker around the edges and the colours of the thread are good. The last photo is of the reverse of the sampler and indicates how the colours would have looked when Elizebeth first stitched it. As can also be seen from the photographs, there are visible tack marks around the edges of the gauze from where the sampler has been tacked onto a stretcher at some point of time.PLEASE NOTE - This is a fairly large sampler measuring 22 1/4" across x 21 1/4"
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