Object Description
1833 Sampler by Jane Robinson. Framed in a modern wood frame with glass. Fixed to board with wood backing. The sampler is worked in cotton and wool on a canvas ground, in a variety of stitches. Meandering strawberry border. Colours reds, blue, green, light brown, copper, silver, white, magenta, peach and pinks. Alphabets A-Y in upper case Verse reads, ‘Next unto god dear parents i addrefs>Myself to you in humble thankfulnefs>For all you care and charge on me bestowd>The means of learning unto me allwd>Go on dear parents let me still pursue>Those golden arts the friendlefs never knew’. Signed and dated, ‘Jane Robinson her work 1833’. A wonderful set of motifs, including Adam & Eve standing either side of the tree of life with a snake coiled around its trunk, lions, birds, flowers, potted flowering plants, trees, laden with fruit, fruit baskets, fir trees, a crown, thistles and stags