REGENCY NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, BY CATHERINE WINTER
DATED 1816
£353
Auction: Day One: 31 August 2022 | From 11:00
Description
worked in silk and linen thread on a linen ground, the single field with a central reserve with poem 'Jesus permit thy sacred name to stand./ As the first effort of an infant hand./ And while her fingers on the canvass move./ Engage her tender thoughts to ask thy love./ Among they children let her have a part/ And write thy name theyself upon her heart'; within a field filled with flowering urns, trees, fruit baskets, stags, flower forms, and a church, within a meandering flower border, framed
Dimensions
42cm x 53cm [excluding frame]