A sampler by Ann James 1848 worked in brightly coloured wools with silk highlights, the centre with a red brick house flanked by large spot motifs of a parrot and a spaniel, with smaller butterfies, birds and flowers, within a stylised honey suckle border--18 x 34in. (45 x 85cm.); and another woolwork sampler by Ann Turner worked with spot motifs including a house, figures, birds and flowers--19 x 17¾in. (48 x 44cm.), second half of 19th century, both framed and glazed

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A sampler by Ann James 1848 worked in brightly coloured wools with silk highlights, the centre with a red brick house flanked by large spot motifs of a parrot and a spaniel, with smaller butterfies, birds and flowers, within a stylised honey suckle border--18 x 34in. (45 x 85cm.); and another woolwork sampler by Ann Turner worked with spot motifs including a house, figures, birds and flowers--19 x 17¾in. (48 x 44cm.), second half of 19th century, both framed and glazed
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