Giddings, Rebecca

1808 Gift Sampler to Mary Whyman

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Sampler embroidered with wool and silk (judging from the gleam on the photographs) on linen. Top is an inscription with two potted flowers: A long farewell since we must part / Receive my fond adieu / Believe me Mary I oft shall sigh / And drop A tear for you. A floral border and then a symmetrical bottom part with trees, flowers, small animals, and an elaborate building on top of a hill, with trees with each its own bird at the side, and a vessel with a flame inside the building.

Images donated by ebay seller cockleheart, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.

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