A large sampler by Sarah Jane Skinner 1837 worked in brown, green, yellow and blue silks with alphabets and numerals interspersed with bands of stylised flowers and a band showing the hierarchy of crowns, the lower third with the verse "All you my friends who now...", within a border of stylised carnations--17 x 27in. (42 x 67cm.), framed and glazed

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A large sampler by Sarah Jane Skinner 1837 worked in brown, green, yellow and blue silks with alphabets and numerals interspersed with bands of stylised flowers and a band showing the hierarchy of crowns, the lower third with the verse "All you my friends who now...", within a border of stylised carnations--17 x 27in. (42 x 67cm.), framed and glazed

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