A cross stitch sampler by Emma Turk[?] 1842 worked in coloured silks, the upper half with the verse "Time if idly spent...", the lower half with stylised floral spot motifs intermingled with peacocks, butterflies and other birds, with a male and female figure in 18th century style dress on either side, within a stylised floral border--15 x 19in. (38 x 47cm.), framed and glazed