English Embroidery Collection (C.1879-82)
Embroidered by "Elizabeth E. Jacobs"


 

A Victorian sampler by Elizabeth Jacobs 1879 in shades of mauve, ochre, pale blue, sage green and beige on a natural linen ground. (6"x6") with a verse from Prov. I, VIII:

"Hear the instruction of thy father
And forsake not the law of thy mother"

 


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