Lot 231

REGENCY NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, BY ELIZABETH BARBER
DATED 1820




Auction: Day One: 31 August 2022 | From 11:00
Description
worked in silk and linen thread on a linen ground, with three sections, the top with the prayer 'Jesus permit thy gracious name to stand, - As the first efforts of an infant hand: - An while her fingers o'er the canvass move - Help her betimes to know and taste thy love/ With thy dear children may she have her part/ And write thy name they-self upon her heart -'; above a band with a house and fence, dog, various trees, birds, insects and a bee; the lower field with twin flowering urns, dogs, birds, and insects and a central reserve signed Elisabeth Barber. Finished. January 1820' within a strawberry vine border and enclosed in a moulded period frame with carved scroll cresting
Dimensions
30cm x 32cm [excluding frame]



