Miniature sampler

English schoolteachers occasionally combined their lessons in Biblical verse with those of needlework and their efforts produced some wonderfully refined moralistic samplers. This praiseworthy miniature sampler is an excellent example. It was designed and executed to be in an oval format, with meticulous stitching to the lettering and the Greek key band across the center. 

It was worked in silk on wool and is in excellent condition, conservation mounted in a 19th century gold frame with a reverse painted glass mat.