A sampler by Eleanor Wise 1828 worked in coloured wools with silk highlights, with a three chimneyed house worked in red, edged with a lawn and fence, with an alphabet above, within a stylised floral border--14½ x 16in. (36 x 40cm.); and another by Lucy Cope 1853, worked in coloured silks with bands of alphabets and numerals, also lion and crown spot motifs--16 x 17in. (40 x 43cm.), both framed and glazed (2)

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A sampler by Eleanor Wise 1828 worked in coloured wools with silk highlights, with a three chimneyed house worked in red, edged with a lawn and fence, with an alphabet above, within a stylised floral border--14½ x 16in. (36 x 40cm.); and another by Lucy Cope 1853, worked in coloured silks with bands of alphabets and numerals, also lion and crown spot motifs--16 x 17in. (40 x 43cm.), both framed and glazed (2)

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