A sampler by Mary Keeling 1796 worked in brightly coloured silks in bands, the top with a pair of stags flanking a bush with perching birds, the central bands with proverbs and stylised carnations, the bottom with an Adam and Eve motif bordered with animals and birds including rabbits, a lion and an owl, with a pair of angels, the sun and moon above, within a border of stylised carnations--41 x 54cm., framed and glazed