AN UNFINISHED DARNING SAMPLER WORKED IN COLOURED SILKS WITH CROSSES FORMED FROM VARIOUS STITCHES--14IN. (36CM.) SQUARE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY; A DOUBLE SIDED WHITEWORK BAND SAMPLER WORKED WITH SMALL EXAMPLES OF DRAWN THREADWORK--5 X 12IN. (13 X 30CM.), LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY; AND A SMALL PANEL OF ROCOCO STITCH FLORAL NEEDLEWORK, WITH LATER EMBROIDERED GROUND--6.1/3 X 7IN. (16 X 19CM.), CIRCA 1700, ALL FRAMED AND GLAZED (4)

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AN UNFINISHED DARNING SAMPLER WORKED IN COLOURED SILKS WITH CROSSES FORMED FROM VARIOUS STITCHES--14IN. (36CM.) SQUARE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY; A DOUBLE SIDED WHITEWORK BAND SAMPLER WORKED WITH SMALL EXAMPLES OF DRAWN THREADWORK--5 X 12IN. (13 X 30CM.), LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY; AND A SMALL PANEL OF ROCOCO STITCH FLORAL NEEDLEWORK, WITH LATER EMBROIDERED GROUND--6.1/3 X 7IN. (16 X 19CM.), CIRCA 1700, ALL FRAMED AND GLAZED (4)

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SOLD WITH THIS LOT IS A FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF A 17TH CENTURY EMBROIDERED CASKET, REPUTEDLY BELONGING TO CHARLOTTE OF BOHEMIA, IN WHICH THE PIECES ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN FOUND.

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