A sampler initialled M.M.W. 1768 embroidered in coloured silks, the top band with an alphabet, the main field with various motifs including a peacock, parrot, cockerel and stork, with four panels practising Florentine, Rococo and other stitches--18 x 15in. (47 x 38cm.), framed and glazed, Dutch, some foxing to the ground

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A sampler initialled M.M.W. 1768 embroidered in coloured silks, the top band with an alphabet, the main field with various motifs including a peacock, parrot, cockerel and stork, with four panels practising Florentine, Rococo and other stitches--18 x 15in. (47 x 38cm.), framed and glazed, Dutch, some foxing to the ground
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