A sampler dated 1744, very finely worked in coloured silks with six commandments in the centre and an elaborate alphabet above and peacocks, dogs and other spot motifs below including Adam and Eve and a boy worked in satin stitch, and several sets of initials surmounted by crowns and coronets, within a delicate stylised floral border--9in x 11in., framed and glazed

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A sampler dated 1744, very finely worked in coloured silks with six commandments in the centre and an elaborate alphabet above and peacocks, dogs and other spot motifs below including Adam and Eve and a boy worked in satin stitch, and several sets of initials surmounted by crowns and coronets, within a delicate stylised floral border--9in x 11in., framed and glazed
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