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Sarah Ann Banton 1833

20211205 MG 8013

From: $21.00

Sarah Ann Banton 1833 is a sampler featuring a beautiful floral border, a verse, and a multitude of flowers and birds.  The central motifs are a large flower basket and Adam and Eve with the Tree of Knowledge.  Sarah is being offered as both a reproduction and a slightly smaller adaptation.  The model for the reproduction was stitched on 40 count Weeks Putty with Au Ver a Soie Soie d’Alger silks.

Sarah is the first sampler in The Legacy Collection.

Product Description

Sarah Ann Banton was born in Kent, England and stitched this sampler in 1833 at age 9.  The original sampler appears to have been stitched in silk on a 45/55 count linen.

A sampler in cross-stitch from 1833 with a large basket of flowers and Adam & Eve
Sarah Ann Banton 1833 Reproduction

Model stitched on 40ct Weeks Putty with AVAS Soie d’Alger silks

A print out of the sampler chart. On top of the chart is a folded piece of linen and colorful silk threads lined up on top of the linen.

A Framed antique sampler with a folded piece of linen on top with colorful DMC threads lined up on top of the linen.

Both samplers call for 15 thread colors and the following conversions are provided:

  • DMC
  • AVAS
  • 100/3
  • Gloriana

There are two threads that are only used for a handful of stitches (DMC 898 & 931).

A sampler in cross-stitch from 1833 with Adam & Eve

The reproduction is 275w x 439h about 14 x 21” on 40 count linen

A sampler in cross-stitch from 1833 with a bird perched on a branch

 

Stitches used in the reproduction:

  • Cross-stitch over one and over two
  • Satin stitch
  • Straight stitch
  • Stem stitch

 

A cross-stitched verse

The reproduction features a verse at the top that reads:

Amongst ten thousand vain delights,

One thing is needful still;

Lord grant me Mary’s portion then,

And give me Mary’s will.

A sampler in cross-stitch from 1833 with a large basket of flowers

 

The reproduction also includes a freehand embroidery section around Sarah’s name and her age.

A digital rendering in color of the sampler adaptation featuring a basket of flowers, birds, Adam and Eve, and a floral border.
Sarah Ann Banton Adaptation

The adaptation is 275w x 365h about 14 x 18” on 40 count linen

The adaptation removes the verse and the carnation band.  The freehand embroidery section has been replaced with a cross-stitch version, as have the satin-stitched motifs.

A sampler in cross-stitch from 1833 with a red striped vase of flowers

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