Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, stem, eyelet, and four sided stitches on plain weave foundation
Dimensions:
H x W: 41.3 x 32 cm (16 1/4 x 12 5/8 in.)
Type:
embroidery & stitching
Sampler
Made in:
England
Date:
1809
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Within a curving floral border, four alphabets and a text: "Fragrant the rose but it fades in time/ The violet sweet but quick past the prime/ While lillies hand their heads and soon decay/ And whiter snow in minutes melts away/ Such and so withering are our earthly joys/ Which Time or Sickness speedily destroy" then a scene of a house in a landscape and a signature.
