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Sampler (alphabet, motifs & Biblical verse), made in Aberaeron, 1799
Fine ground fabric embroidered with blue, yellow and pink silks in cross stitch.
From top: four bands of geometric motifs and wavy lines; five rows containing upper and lower case alphabets and numerals 1 to 20, line infilled with wavy lines; compartment outlined by irregular line, containing Lord's Prayer, flanked at top by detached motifs including crowns, heart, cross and the words Dukes and Princes. Below: maker's inscription and date in two lines, followed by two line verse. Frame not contemporary.
Inscription:
Our Father
Which art in Heaven...[continues with Lord's prayer]
Alicia Gratiana Jones her Work in the
Ten year of her age October 29 1799
O spare me that I may recover my
strength before I go hence & be no more
Dimension:
55 x 33 cm
