A fine unfinished sampler, worked with coloured silks and metal threads in a variety of stitches including tent, eye and rococo on a linen ground, with spot motifs including a snail, creepy crawlies, a bird, strawberries, a carnation, pomegranate and rose--21¾ x 13½in. (55 x 34.5cm.), first half 17th century, English, framed and glazed
A fine unfinished sampler, worked with coloured silks and metal threads in a variety of stitches including tent, eye and rococo on a linen ground, with spot motifs including a snail, creepy crawlies, a bird, strawberries, a carnation, pomegranate and rose--21¾ x 13½in. (55 x 34.5cm.), first half 17th century, English, framed and glazed

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A fine unfinished sampler, worked with coloured silks and metal threads in a variety of stitches including tent, eye and rococo on a linen ground, with spot motifs including a snail, creepy crawlies, a bird, strawberries, a carnation, pomegranate and rose--21¾ x 13½in. (55 x 34.5cm.), first half 17th century, English, framed and glazed
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