Three embroidered samplers 18th century

Two small embroidered samplers, one finely embroidered on beige gauze, with spot motifs of flowers, birds on branches, a gentleman and lady and small house, worked in various stitches and thicknesses of silk threads, signed Rachel Egerton, (approximately 28cm. high, 27cm. wide; 11in., 10in.; Textile Visible: 14cm. high, 13cm. wide; 5in., 5in.). The other, a Prayer sampler, similarly worked on gauze, which is edged with blanket stitch in cream thread, and has layer of gauze over the top, extremely finely worked with houses, cats, crowns, baskets of flowers, flying birds, peacocks, Adam and Eve and the serpent, and with text: Here's love and grief beyond degree. The Lord of Glory dies for me, But lo what sudden joys I see. Jesus the dead revives again. The rising God forsakes the tomb. The tomb in vain forbids his rise. (approximately 28cm. high, 29cm. wide; 11in., 11in.; Textile Visible: 14cm. high, 15cm. wide; 5in., 6in.), and a large Prayer sampler, worked with text in centre surrounded by small motifs of trees and bushes and a basket of fruit, and flowering stem, all within a narrow leaved stem, worked on a natural linen ground (approximately 46cm. high, 33cm. wide; 1ft. 6in., 1ft. 1in.; Textile Visible: 31cm. high, 19cm. wide; 1ft. 4in., 7in.):
The Saviour our Refuge
When mourning o'er some stone I bend
Which covers all that was a friend
And from his voice his hand his smile
Divides me for a little while
Then. Saviour mark the tears I shed
For hous didst weep o'er Lazarus dead
When vexing thoughts within me me rise
And sore dismay'd my spirit dies
When writhing on a bed of pain
I supplicate for rest in vain
Still.still my soul shall think on thee
Thy bloody sweat and agony
And oh. when I have safely past
Through every conflct but the last
Wilt thou. who once for me hast bled
Wilt thou in sickness make my bed
And bear me to that happier shore
Where pain and grief shall be no more



 

Two small embroidered samplers: One finely embroidered on beige gauze, with spot motifs of flowers, birds on branches, a gentleman and lady and small house, worked in various stitches and thicknesses of silk threads, signed Rachel Egerton, Rachel Egerton Small Sampler: approximately 28cm. high, 27cm. wide; 11in., 10in.; Textile Visible: 14cm. high, 13cm. wide; 5in., 5in. The other similarly worked on gauze, which is edged with blanket stitch in cream thread, and has layer of gauze over the top, extremely finely worked with houses, cats, crowns, baskets of flowers, flying birds, peacocks, Adam and Eve and the serpent, and with text: Here's love and grief beyond degree. The Lord of Glory dies for me, But lo what sudden joys I see. Jesus the dead revives again. The rising God forsakes the tomb. The tomb in vain forbids his rise. Small Prayer Sampler: approximately 28cm. high, 29cm. wide; 11in., 11in.; Textile Visible: 14cm. high, 15cm. wide; 5in., 6in. Large Framed Prayer Sampler: approximately 46cm. high, 33cm. wide; 1ft. 6in., 1ft. 1in.; Textile Visible: 31cm. high, 19cm. wide; 1ft. 4in., 7in.worked with text in centre surrounded by small motifs of trees and bushes and a basket of fruit, and flowering stem, all within a narrow leaved stem, worked on a natural linen ground: The Saviour our Refuge When mourning o'er some stone I bend Which covers all that was a friend And from his voice his hand his smile Divides me for a little while Then. Saviour mark the tears I shed For hous didst weep o'er Lazarus dead When vexing thoughts within me me rise And sore dismay'd my spirit dies When writhing on a bed of pain I supplicate for rest in vain Still.still my soul shall think on thee Thy bloody sweat and agony And oh. when I have safely past Through every conflct but the last Wilt thou. who once for me hast bled Wilt thou in sickness make my bed And bear me to that happier shore Where pain and grief shall be no more all mounted within gilded, glazed frames (Qty 3) Rachel Egerton embroidered gauze: pinprick size hole in top section of gauze. Some pulled threads. Split to gauze where meets with mount, top left edge. Ends of threads visible near motifs, behind the fine gauze. Very fnely worked overall. Prayer sampler. Old horizontal fold line across the centre which has worn the linen ground, and loosened green stitching to tree motif in line of this fold. Some rust mark speckles across the ground, which is generally dirty.
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