ENGLISH NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER WORKED BY MARY GRACE WHEELER IN HER TENTH YEAR, 1831,19th century. Outer border of blossoming pink flowers on vine surround stitched verse reading: "Fragrant the rose is but it fades in time/The violet sweet but quickly pass the prime/White lilies hang their heads and soon decay/and white snow in minutes melts away/such and so withering are our earthly joys/which time or sickness speedily destroys" flanked by baskets of fruit, blossoming flowers and plants, coronets, and lions above two-story house flanked by two types of birds, plants and trees above maker's name and date surrounded by flowers blossoming on vine - Framed, sight size: 11 1/2 in. x 11 1/2 in. Estimate $200-300
