Object Description
Regency Sampler, 1824, by Eliza Brewster. The sampler is worked in silk on a linen ground, mainly in cross stitch. Meandering floral border. Colours green, red, brown, gold, silver, blue and pink. Verse reads, ‘Let me be wise in Youth, O Lord that so, I safe may tread the way, I ought to go. Lead me and teach me what, Is right and just, And in thy help O GOD, To place my trust.’. Signed and dated, ‘Eliza Brewster Finish’d this Sampler June 18th 1824 Aged 11 Years’. A good set of motifs, including butterflies, dogs, potted flowering plants, fir trees, blossoming trees, birds and fruit baskets. Framed in a modern, gilt over wood, frame with glass. Mounting: The sampler is stitched to calico slip over mountboard card. Frame backed with wood and sealed with tape.. Dimensions exclude the frame and slip.