EARLY 19TH CENTURY RED HOUSE & MOTIF SAMPLER BY HANNAH WILSON AGED 13 - 1826
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Reference Number: Avaluer:78171 |
AH! Few and full of sorrow are the daysOf miserable man..., his life decaysLike that frail flower which with the sun's upriseHer bud unfolds and with the evening diesHe like an empty shadow glides awayAnd all his life is but a winter's day
There is a central plaque beneath the verse with a star motif to the left, a floral urn to the right and then contains Hannah's details and the date of 1826 which has a heart on either side. The middle section of the gauze is stitched with a central Tree of Knowledge which has Adam and the scant remains of eve standing beneath its fruit laden branches, a cherub hovering at their side. The words - For as in Adam all die, even so Christ shall be made alive - are at Adam's side, whilst Eve has - Awake to righteousness and sin not: For some have not the knowledge of God - next to her. Each set of words has a large floral urn and small heart above them. The lower section of the gauze is stitched with a delightful scene of a three storey red house which has a flower garden at the front intersected by two pathways which lead down to a row of birds and flowers across the bottom edge of the garden. The house has a fruit tree on either side with a gatehouse/folly building and fruit tree to the left and a red cottage and fruit tree to the right, a fruit basket above each. The whole piece is then surrounded by an arcaded floral border.The gauze has overall discolouration consistent with its age, and the colours of the wool are good with the areas of stitch loss mentioned earlier. The last photo is of the reverse of the sampler and indicates how the colours would have looked when Hannah first stitched it.Measures 17" x 19"
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