An ivory linen coverlet embroidered in brightly coloured wools, the central medallion inscribed "Roses red and violets blve and all the sweetest flowres that in the forrest grew.." [sic], framed with floral sprigs and an outer border of trailing flowers, dated with a number in each corner 1891--90 x 80in. (225 x 200cm.)

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An ivory linen coverlet embroidered in brightly coloured wools, the central medallion inscribed "Roses red and violets blve and all the sweetest flowres that in the forrest grew.." [sic], framed with floral sprigs and an outer border of trailing flowers, dated with a number in each corner 1891--90 x 80in. (225 x 200cm.)

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