- Maker
- Dalbiac, Lucy (aged 8)
- Date made
- 1769
- Origin
- England
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet, Satin, French knots,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Tammy cloth (?)
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: both missing the J and the U, both with an ampersand. Numbers 1-10 and 1-9. One wide cross band with acorns in a chain type motif with a male figure in the center, one with facing birds with a flowers and another with dogs, crowns and flowers. Various decorative stitched lines. A basket with flowers or fruit at each bottom corner. Reversing arcaded strawberry and small flower border all four sides.
- Inscription
- You'll mend your life to morrow still you cry for what far country does this morrow lie / It stays so long tis fetch'd so far I fear t'will be both very old and very dear / Tell me ye knowing and discerning few where I may find a friend that?s firm and true / that dare stand by me when in deep distress and then his love and friendship most express / EVER THY CREDIT KEEP TIS QUICKLY GONE / BY MANY ACTIONS GOT AND LOST BY ONE / This world is like a sea in it we're toss'd by winds and storms till life itself is lost / What we use while here we stay till death calls for us home and takes from us our breath / then why should we who find and leave them here prize them so much and to part with them fear / Lucy Dalbiac Her work september the 6 1769 aged 8 years //
- Length Without Frame
- 35.5 cm
- Width Without Frame
- 31 cm
- Historical Owner
- Purchased
- Owner
- Private collector
- Owner Private
- Laurel Gabel
