Barb Saunders
Estimated Date Stitched:
1675-1699
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Size of Sampler:
Width: 7.5cm
Height: 15cm
✔︎ Framed
Description:
Conservation mounted and framed
Condition: Good
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Fabric Type:
Linen
Approximate thread count:
70
Embroidery thread type:
silk
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Borders: other – band
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Type of stitches: other – Cross, Button Hole, Satin, Algerian Eye, Cross Over One, Long Arm Cross
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Verse or Inscription:
When I Was Young I Little Thought
That Wit Must Be So Dearly Bought
But Now Experience Tells Me How I (f)
I would thrive then I must bow and bend
Unto anothers will that I must learn
Both art and skill to get my living with
my hands that soe I may be free
From Bonds and my own Dame that I maybe
and free from all such slaveree
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