A band sampler initialled WH 1818 embroidered in coloured silks with alphabets, numerals and spot motifs including a rabbit, peacock, a lamb and various stylised flowers--11¼ x 20½in. (28 x 51cm.); and another by Matilda Louisa Elliot 1849, worked in coloured silks, the central field with large scale spot motifs, mainly floral, with some birds and animals, with alphabets, numerals and verses above, within a stylised floral border--17¾ x 21in. (44 x 53cm.), both framed and glazed (2)

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A band sampler initialled WH 1818 embroidered in coloured silks with alphabets, numerals and spot motifs including a rabbit, peacock, a lamb and various stylised flowers--11¼ x 20½in. (28 x 51cm.); and another by Matilda Louisa Elliot 1849, worked in coloured silks, the central field with large scale spot motifs, mainly floral, with some birds and animals, with alphabets, numerals and verses above, within a stylised floral border--17¾ x 21in. (44 x 53cm.), both framed and glazed (2)

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