Embroidery Sampler - Ann Salmon

1787
Overview

Brown wooden frame with glass front.
Embroidered fabric underneath glass

Historical information

Ann Salmon finished this sampler on 21st March 1787 at 12 years of age

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-124-2021.155
Item type
Width
495 mm
Height or length
583.9999 mm
Inscriptions and markings

A typed label at back of frame has the following text:

Busselton Historical Society
A Sampler

(Alphabet repeated thrice - numerals 1-15)

Isaias 55 6

Seek Him who is all renown
Seek Him while he may be found
Seek ye Him without delay
Seek Him while its call'd todays.
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Call on Him that ever near
Call on Him by humble prayer
Call on Him with one accord
And put your trust upon the Lord.
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Ann Salmon finished this sampler March, the Twenty First One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Seven in the Twelfth year of her age

Contextual Information

A needlework sampler is a piece of embroidery or cross-stitching produced as a 'specimen of achievement',
demonstration or a test of skill in needlework. It often includes the alphabet, figures, motifs, decorative borders
and sometimes the name of the person who embroidered it and the date.

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Last modified
Monday, 7 July, 2025
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Busselton Historical Society

Busselton Historical Society

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