Elizabeth Barnard, 1794, reproduction sampler, the Chester County Collection, #5

Description

Elizabeth Barnard,
reproduction sampler from the Chester County Collection, published by Just CrossStitch, 1987.
2 upper case alphabets plus bands of flowers, geometrics, and a crown and a floral border.
Text reads
"This Work In Hand My Friends May Have
When I am Dead And In My Grave
With All Thy SoUl Love God Above
And As Thy Self Thy Neighbour Love
In Wisdoms Ways Spend All Thy Days
O That The Sons Of Men Would Once Be Wise
And Learn Eternal Happiness To Prise
Elizabeth Barnard Her Works 1794
Being The Eleventh Year Of Her Age"
This is an unused pattern.
Includes very large master graph and stitch diagrams.
Stitches include cross, satin, eyelets, and backstitch.
Thread legend for DMC floss.
Stitch count 291h x 228h.
Finished design size on 28 count linen or 14 count aida
16-1/4" x 20-3/4".
From the booklet
"...Chester County Historical Society in West Chester, Pennsylvania...one of three original counties set up by William Penn in 1682...extensive collection of cross stitch samplers, with the majority being from Pennsylvania...samplers date from 1772 to 1846 and the ages of the stitchers, where noted, range from 7 years to 16 years.
...Elizabeth Barnard...used simple bands to separate the set of alphabets and the verse. Stylized floral bands and strawberry side borders were used...to complete her sampler."
There is a dark photo of the original sampler
on the back of this booklet
. See photo.
Proceeds to the Needlework Guild of Minnesota.
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