CANADIAN SCHOOLGIRL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER,Worked by Eliza Holland, Aged 14, 1828; Probably Nova Scotia. Centered with a verse reading "All you my friends who now expect to see a piece of work thus performed by mee cast but a smile on this my mean endeavour and i will strive to mend and be obedient ever," Eliza Hollands work this piece mine year of our Lord 1828 aged 14 years; surrounded by various motifs including deer, crowns, fleur-de-lis, butterflies, flowering urns and others; within a strawberry border. Worked in polychrome silk thread, on a linen ground, framed - 14 1/2 in. x 12 3/4 in., sight size. Estimate $500-700
PROVENANCE: Sew Long Ago, Antique Needlework from the Collection of Julia Stewart, Sterling, Virginia
Colors have faded with time and linen ground has thinned. Verse and alphabet is legible. There are holes/tears in the bottom left corner, and cluster of holes in the upper right; and tiny holes scattered around the border.
