172x281 - From Cross Stitch Antiques comes this reproduction sampler stitched by Rebecca E. Reeside in 1840 at the age of thirteen at the SM Murphy School in Frankford, PA - extensive provenance is included - the verse features is "Jesus my God to Thee I fly,
Thou art a refuge ever nigh.
When heart shall fail.
When life is past.
Thou will receive my soul at last.", lovely florals are in the center, in the garden at the bottom of the sampler, and a three sided border surrounds - D
Stitched on 28 Ct. Vintage Meadow Rue Linen from Lakeside Linens