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SIGNED MARY EMMES, AMERICAN OR ENGLISH, DATED 1764
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A SILK-ON-LINEN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Signed Mary Emmes, American or English, dated 1764
Worked in yellow, brown, blue, green, and cream silk threads on a linen ground in four horizontal registers; the top inscribed; "Care use with all thy power to serve god every hour," above addorsed birds centering a stylized tree and surrounded by insects and flowers, over a house surrounded by trees, male and female figures, birds and dogs, all enclosed by a meandering vine and rosette border
12 x 10in. sight
Signed Mary Emmes, American or English, dated 1764
Worked in yellow, brown, blue, green, and cream silk threads on a linen ground in four horizontal registers; the top inscribed; "Care use with all thy power to serve god every hour," above addorsed birds centering a stylized tree and surrounded by insects and flowers, over a house surrounded by trees, male and female figures, birds and dogs, all enclosed by a meandering vine and rosette border
12 x 10in. sight