Lot 34
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A fine sampler by Alice Wood aged 13 1812, the uppper section worked in coloured silks and chenille with Adam and Eve by a fruiting tree, the serpent coiled around, a sheep and a fox standing by and the words Adam Tempted by Eve, the lower half embroidered with a man smoking a pipe at table and various birds and flowers--19.25 x 13.25in. (49 x 33.5cm.), framed and glazed
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A fine sampler by Alice Wood aged 13 1812, the uppper section worked in coloured silks and chenille with Adam and Eve by a fruiting tree, the serpent coiled around, a sheep and a fox standing by and the words Adam Tempted by Eve, the lower half embroidered with a man smoking a pipe at table and various birds and flowers--19.25 x 13.25in. (49 x 33.5cm.), framed and glazed

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A fine sampler by Alice Wood aged 13 1812, the uppper section worked in coloured silks and chenille with Adam and Eve by a fruiting tree, the serpent coiled around, a sheep and a fox standing by and the words Adam Tempted by Eve, the lower half embroidered with a man smoking a pipe at table and various birds and flowers--19.25 x 13.25in. (49 x 33.5cm.), framed and glazed
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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