A fine sampler, by Helen Murray worked in coloured silks with a central verse "Come let us join our cheerful songs" flanked by flowering trees, with flowers tied with bows and peacocks above, and below, a house with walled garden and lawn in chenille work with pairs of animals and birds, within a stylised and intricate floral border--13in x 19in., framed and glazed, 2nd half of 18th century

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A fine sampler, by Helen Murray worked in coloured silks with a central verse "Come let us join our cheerful songs" flanked by flowering trees, with flowers tied with bows and peacocks above, and below, a house with walled garden and lawn in chenille work with pairs of animals and birds, within a stylised and intricate floral border--13in x 19in., framed and glazed, 2nd half of 18th century
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