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A SILK ON LINEN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
WROUGHT BY SOPHRONIA BRUBANK, AMERICAN, DATED 1821
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A SILK ON LINEN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Wrought by Sophronia Brubank, American, dated 1821
The square linen panel worked in red, blue, green, and brown silk threads centering two horizontal alphabetical registers above the wrought verse See See the moment show they pass,/How quick they speed away/Sophronia is here as in a glass/Behold thy life decays/Sophronia Brubank/Born March the 28th 1808/O wast not then thy precious time/Infollys crooked road/Be circumspect redeem the time/Acquaint thyself with God over an orchard flanked by two houses, enlcosed in a conforming diamond border with meandering flower and foliate surround, the bottom corners with the wrought inscription, Eternal beauty strikes the eye and such attractions wear we nothing but perfection see and rush into a snare The fairest rose that ere was made soon withers we will find may we possess what never will fade the beauty of the mind.
17x17½in.
Wrought by Sophronia Brubank, American, dated 1821
The square linen panel worked in red, blue, green, and brown silk threads centering two horizontal alphabetical registers above the wrought verse See See the moment show they pass,/How quick they speed away/Sophronia is here as in a glass/Behold thy life decays/Sophronia Brubank/Born March the 28th 1808/O wast not then thy precious time/Infollys crooked road/Be circumspect redeem the time/Acquaint thyself with God over an orchard flanked by two houses, enlcosed in a conforming diamond border with meandering flower and foliate surround, the bottom corners with the wrought inscription, Eternal beauty strikes the eye and such attractions wear we nothing but perfection see and rush into a snare The fairest rose that ere was made soon withers we will find may we possess what never will fade the beauty of the mind.
17x17½in.