Elizabeth Sloman's Sampler
Early 19th century

Framed and ready to hang. 

Description

The alphabet at the top of the sampler, with a line of strawberries above

Let justice be your sole pursuit/ Plant virtue and contents the from.

Another alphabet and

Child come that day lose whose low defending sun/ views from they hand no worthy action.

ELIZABTH SLOMAN with a crown and birds, above a central basket containing a rose and buds, flanked by conifer trees and more crowned birds, the numbers 1 - 17 below, all worked in green, blue, red and beige silks on a natural linen ground.

11 x 8 in; 28 x 20 cm the sampler; 16 1/2 x 13 1/2 in; 42 x 34 cm the frame.

 

Condition

This was in my collection. I had it mounted on acid free linen and stretched over acid free board, then framed in a suitable mediurm oak c 1900 frame, which looks good.

There are two holes to the very top of the sampler and the sides are a little nibbled, but once hanging one does not notice, instead focusing on the name and lower panel.