Object Description
George II period Sampler Stitched in 1736. Possibly of Scottish origin, suggested by the following characteristics: predominant green and red colouration, curlicues bordering the central flowers motif and the peacock with a 7 branched tail. The sampler is worked in silk threads on a linen ground, in a variety of stitches. Colours red, green, brown, silver, pink, yellow and blue. A few sets of alphabets A-Z in upper case and lower case and numbers 1-10. A number of quotes/verses, some very quirky, which read, ‘Have Thou No Other Gods But Me’. ‘Vnio No I ma ge Bow Thy Knee’. ‘Do Not The Sabbath Day Prophane’. ‘And see That Thou No Murder Do’. ‘Take Not The Name Of God In Vain’. ‘Honour Thy Father And Mother Too’. ‘From Whoredom Keep Thee Chast And Clean’. Dated ‘1736’, but no name mentioned. A good set of motifs, including Adam & Eve standing either side of the tree of life with a snake coiled around its trunk, fruit basket, potted flowering plants, a dog and a peacock. Framed in an old, burr maple frame with rippled, old glass. Mounting: The sampler is stitched to linen. Frame backed with wood and sealed with tape.. Dimensions exclude the frame and slip.