EARLY 19TH CENTURY ADAM & EVE, JESUS & MOTIF SAMPLER BY HANNAH HALLIDAY - 1809
Item History & Price
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Early 19th century sampler by Hannah Halliday aged 13 - 1809. Worked in silk on a soft cotton gauze, this sampler is just stunning with fine quality stitch work throughout. The upper section of the gauze is stitched with the following short verse finishing with Hannah's details and the date of February 24 1809
Behold the saviour of mankind nail'd to the shameful treeHow vast the love that him inclin'd to bleed and die for theeHannah Halliday finished this work in the 13t...h Year of her age. February 24 1809
The middle section of the gauze is then stitched at the centre with a poignant depiction of Christ on the cross with the words The Crucifixion stitched above then flanked by flowers, birds and floral urns. The lower section of the gauze is stitched with a strip of grass which has a central Tree of Knowledge standing on it, complete with entwined serpent and Adam and Eve standing beneath its fruit laden branches. Each figure then has a gatehouse/folly building, flowers and a carnation urn flanked by owls at their side. The foliage of the Tree has a cherub hovering to its left and right with crowns, birds, flowers, diamonds and a plump bird flanked by two tiny dogs to the side of the left cherub and a heart, carnation, flowers, birds and closed tail peacock by the cherub on the right. The whole piece is then surrounded by a meandering heart and flower border. The gauze has overall discolouration consistent with its age, slightly darker in places with an area of staining running diagonally from the horizontal bar of the crucifix across the right side of the gauze and much less so on the other side down to the word February. The colours of the silk are good. The last photo is of the reverse of the sampler and indicates how the colours would have looked when Hannah first stitched it. Measures 21 1/2" x 17 1/2"
ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK. ALSO PLEASE CHECK OUT THE OTHER SAMPLERS I'M SELLING. I AM HAPPY TO COMBINE POSTAGE ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES.PLEASE NOTE - THIS ITEM IS LOCATED IN THE UK BUT CAN BE SHIPPED TO THE LOCATIONS TICKED IN THE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING SECTION.
SHIPPING WILL BE VIA ROYAL MAIL TRACK & SIGNED - $20.00 TO THE USA, ELSEWHERE PLEASE CONTACT ME.
Behold the saviour of mankind nail'd to the shameful treeHow vast the love that him inclin'd to bleed and die for theeHannah Halliday finished this work in the 13t...h Year of her age. February 24 1809
The middle section of the gauze is then stitched at the centre with a poignant depiction of Christ on the cross with the words The Crucifixion stitched above then flanked by flowers, birds and floral urns. The lower section of the gauze is stitched with a strip of grass which has a central Tree of Knowledge standing on it, complete with entwined serpent and Adam and Eve standing beneath its fruit laden branches. Each figure then has a gatehouse/folly building, flowers and a carnation urn flanked by owls at their side. The foliage of the Tree has a cherub hovering to its left and right with crowns, birds, flowers, diamonds and a plump bird flanked by two tiny dogs to the side of the left cherub and a heart, carnation, flowers, birds and closed tail peacock by the cherub on the right. The whole piece is then surrounded by a meandering heart and flower border. The gauze has overall discolouration consistent with its age, slightly darker in places with an area of staining running diagonally from the horizontal bar of the crucifix across the right side of the gauze and much less so on the other side down to the word February. The colours of the silk are good. The last photo is of the reverse of the sampler and indicates how the colours would have looked when Hannah first stitched it. Measures 21 1/2" x 17 1/2"
ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK. ALSO PLEASE CHECK OUT THE OTHER SAMPLERS I'M SELLING. I AM HAPPY TO COMBINE POSTAGE ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES.PLEASE NOTE - THIS ITEM IS LOCATED IN THE UK BUT CAN BE SHIPPED TO THE LOCATIONS TICKED IN THE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING SECTION.
SHIPPING WILL BE VIA ROYAL MAIL TRACK & SIGNED - $20.00 TO THE USA, ELSEWHERE PLEASE CONTACT ME.
