Object Number: N8117

Collection: Applied Art

Object Name: sampler

Description: Coloured silks on linen, all four edges hemmed and oversewn to linen tape. Cross, satin, Algerian eye stitches. Stylised floral meander border; meanders between verses; rows of bird-&-tree and flower-&-tree motifs above signature. Signed and dated across bottom. Verses: 'in a right way thou must obey thy father // and thy mother tis also right in gods dear // sight to love sisters and brothers' /// 'Lo here the Blessed son of God and man // New born who was before all Worlds // began of Heavenly seed the Eternal Li // ving Rock of Human Race of kingly Da // vids stock our bless redeemer whom the // prophets old In their true Preaching had // so oft foretold.' /// 'And shall the Angels when the News they // bring of Bliss to Man an Heavenly Anthem // sing And Man be silent for whose only // sake our blessed Lord did human Nature take'