An unusual sampler dated 1746, worked in brightly coloured silks, with an Adam and Eve motif in the centre and a red coated English soldier, his sword piercing a recumbant highlander, inscribed At Cullodn Muer [Moor] Peter Law, worked with family intials and spot motifs including a turkey and a frog, the upper half with alphabets and numerals, within a stylised floral border--13 x 12in. (33 x 30cm.), framed and glazed
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An unusual sampler dated 1746, worked in brightly coloured silks, with an Adam and Eve motif in the centre and a red coated English soldier, his sword piercing a recumbant highlander, inscribed At Cullodn Muer [Moor] Peter Law, worked with family intials and spot motifs including a turkey and a frog, the upper half with alphabets and numerals, within a stylised floral border--13 x 12in. (33 x 30cm.), framed and glazed
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Lot Essay
Previously lot 33, from Christie's sale on 5 December 1979