On Love Elizabeth Topham 1838 Antique Sampler Adaptation

Fabric: 40 count Vintage Buttercream by Lakeside Linens Floss: NPI with DMC and Au Ver a Soie 100/3 silk conversion provided - mostly monochrome - 4 minor colors Stitch Count: 232 wide x 239 high Model Design Size: 11.6 inches wide x 11.95 inches high Original: 12 inches wide x 11 ¾ inches high with cotton on 46 ct linen Stitches Used: cross stitch over two threads, Algerian eyelet Nothing could be found about Elizabeth Topham who stitched this lovely sampler in 1838. Believed to be an English girl, Elizabeth adorned her sampler with three decorative floral pots flanking the verse, the lowest of the three stitched partly over one. This pot has been modified so that today’s stitcher can stitch the entire sampler over two threads. This sampler is perfect for commemorating a marriage, and the chart provides an example for placement of the couple’s names and wedding date using letters from the verse and numbers in the antique. ON LOVE They sin who tell us love can die With life all other passions fly All others are but vanity In heaven ambition cannot dwell Nor avarice in the vaults of hell Earthly these passions are of earth They perish where they have their birth But love is indestructible Its holy flame for ever burneth From heaven it came to heaven it returneth