A sampler by Margret Gatis 1711 worked in coloured silks with decorative bands of stylised flowers and a central motif with crown surmounting a heart and framed by pairs of acorns, also with alphabets and numerals and sets of initials, with lower bands of ivory embroidery and drawn threadwork--7¾in x 25½in., framed and glazed

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A sampler by Margret Gatis 1711 worked in coloured silks with decorative bands of stylised flowers and a central motif with crown surmounting a heart and framed by pairs of acorns, also with alphabets and numerals and sets of initials, with lower bands of ivory embroidery and drawn threadwork--7¾in x 25½in., framed and glazed

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