(Lot of 2) British silk on wool samplers, including an
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(Lot of 2) British silk on wool samplers, including an example dated 1792, the uppermost corners with two swans, with passage reading, " On virtue/ virtue soft balm of eve.y woe/of eve.y grief the Cure/Tis thou a lone That Canst bestow/Pleasure unmixed and Pure/The shady woods the verdant/Meads are virtues flow.ry Roads/Nor Painful are the steps which/Lead to her Divine Abode/Tis not in Palaces or Halls/She or her Train appear/Far of she flies from the Pompous walls/Virtue and Peace dwells here/Mary Oare, 1792 13.5"h x 12"w. Property of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund.
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(Lot of 2) British silk on wool samplers, including an
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