Poem To His Mother signed Love, Jean
Poem “To His Mother” signed “Love, Jean.” A 20 line rhyming poem, about her Mother-in-law. “To, you, who taught him how to grow. You trained your son to look above, You made of him the man I love...” Cream canvas with brown needlepointing and a small floral design at the top and bottom in, shades of blue, rose and green. Brown wood frame 20” x 13.”
Sampler, GOD CAN T ALWAYS BE EVERYWHERE SO HE INVENTED MOTHE
- Sampler, “GOD CAN’T ALWAYS BE EVERYWHERE SO HE INVENTED MOTHERS.” Cross-stitched in black print on ecru linen and framed in a floral motif green, purple and orchid. 13-1/2” x 10-1/2.” Not framed. It has been suggested it is a Hebrew Proverb.
Sampler, JUST WHEN A WOMAN THINKS HER WORK IS DONE…SHE BECOM
Sampler, “JUST WHEN A WOMAN THINKS HER WORK IS DONE...SHE BECOMES A GRANDMOTHER,” cross-stitched on ecru linen in grays, oranges, yellows and greens. On a table are several outlined items, a teapot and a cup and saucer, with steam rising, yellow flowers in an orange pot and for the baby a bib, rattle and bottle. At the bottom are the initials J.C.M. Brown wood frame 9” x 11”
Sampler, MAN WORKS FROM SUN TO SUN BUT WOMEN S WORK IS NEVER DONE
Sampler, “MAN WORKS FROM SUN TO SUN BUT WOMEN’S WORK IS NEVER DONE,” cross-stitch on ecru linen. 7 women, one for each day of the week doing a different household chore. Embroidered in a variety of stitches and colors including red, green, brown, blue, yellow, orange, beige. Writing is in black-cross stitch. Each figure is 4” tall and all the women are wearing hats. 16” square, brown wood frame with exposed string laced vertically across the back to stretch the fabric. Frame looks original.
Sampler, MOTHER S LOVE IS LIKE A FRAGRANT ROSE WITH SWEETNE
2 Samplers, “MOTHER’S LOVE IS LIKE A FRAGRANT ROSE WITH SWEETNESS IN EVERY FOLD.” Side view of a woman sitting at her spinning wheel. Cross-stitched on ecru linen. Black frames looks like they are the original.
- Blue and red w/touches of orange and beige, 13” x 9-1/2.”
- Black “Pure Linen Colonial Sampler F34 - back of sampler no. 1046. Vogue N. Co.” 12” X 10.”
Sampler, MOTHER S LOVE IS the SANCTUARY OF GOD in THIS WORLD
- Sampler, “MOTHER’S LOVE IS THE SANCTUARY OF GOD IN THIS WORLD.” Side view of a young boy sitting in a chair and holding yarn as his mother wraps it into a ball. Cross-stitched on ecru linen with black print. Black frame 12” x 9” looks like the original.
Sampler, NEVER UNDERESTIMATE the POWER OF A WOMAN. Cross sti
-Sampler, “NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF A WOMAN.” Cross stitched in dark blue, on white linen with 2 deep pink doves in mirror image, yellow and red flowers and green border with pink designs. 12-1/2” x 10” gold painted frame. Saying popularized by the Ladies Home Journal as an advertising slogan for the magazine. Editors launched the slogan in the March 1941 issue.
Sampler, What is a Home Without a Mother
“What is a Home Without a Mother,” embroidered in variety of stitches on ecru linen. Pictures a seated woman, needle in hand, sewing and floral spray of green leaves, purple, red and pink flowers, with a light blue border and script. 19-1/2” x 21,” could have been used as a small tablecloth or framed for hanging. Saying appeared in the song Mother’s Good Night Kiss, Copyright 1887 by Willis Fagan, “What is a home without a mother dear? Nobody ever can be to me, What mother was when I was a child, And sat with my head upon her knee....
Samplers – IN HEAVEN A NOBLE WORK WAS DONE WHEN GOD GAVE MAN
“IN HEAVEN A NOBLE WORK WAS DONE WHEN GOD GAVE MAN A MOTHER.” An old Irish saying.
Samplers – IN HEAVEN A NOBLE WORK WAS DONE WHEN GOD GAVE MAN
“IN HEAVEN A NOBLE WORK WAS DONE WHEN GOD GAVE MAN A MOTHER.”
- Basket of flowers in brown, green, purple and pink. Cross-stitched on ecru linen. Black border and print. 12” x 10” frame looks like the original
Samplers – IN HEAVEN A NOBLE WORK WAS DONE WHEN GOD GAVE MAN
Side view of a seated woman wearing yellow with a knelling child wearing blue facing her, their hands clasped. Embroidered in green on ecru linen with black border, tiny rose and yellow flowers and touches of blue. Not framed. 11-3/4” x 8-3/4”
