A RARE GEORGE II NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

A RARE GEORGE II NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

BY MARY BYWATER

worked with fine green silk on a linen ground with cross stitch, with alphabets, lacking the letter j, numerals and vowels above a loveheart with crowns and initials and a verse 'Make much of precious time while in your power. Be careful well to husband every hour. For time will come when you shall rore lament,The unhappy minutes that you have mis-pent. July 23 ended my work', signed and dated Mary Bywater May the 2 1751', in a later glazed frame

30.8 x 19.7cm

Provenance

The Collection of Marcus B. Huish.

The Fine Art Society.

With Erna Hiscock.

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.

Literature

This historic sampler is illustrated in the landmark book published by Marcus Huish in 1913, pl.22.