An unusual woolwork sampler by Mary & Elizabeth Tiplady, the central panel with nine squares worked with the names and various spot motifs, with an inner frame of stylised berries, the outer border tamboured with diamonds in pink, green, blue and ivory against a dark brown ground--25 x 24in. (63 x 60cm.), framed and glazed, first half of 19th century, possibly American
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An unusual woolwork sampler by Mary & Elizabeth Tiplady, the central panel with nine squares worked with the names and various spot motifs, with an inner frame of stylised berries, the outer border tamboured with diamonds in pink, green, blue and ivory against a dark brown ground--25 x 24in. (63 x 60cm.), framed and glazed, first half of 19th century, possibly American
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A Mary Tiplady of Felliscliffe married William Pickard of Kirby Malzeard, Yorkshire, circa 1800.