£320
18th and 19th century needlework samplers and embroideries: the first, a European stitch sampler showing various techniques, including bargello work and Berlin wool work designs, ten in all, in wool and silk, various colours, approx. 20.5 by 34 cm; a second example with different designs, bound in pink silk (both with small handwritten labels on the verso), approx. 24 by 34 cm; an earlier, partly completed canvas work fragment with central peacock on grass next to a rose bush, the bird and roses padded inside thus in relief, the scrolling border marked out in ink but not embroidered, diameter approx. 13 cm; a short band of wool work worked with different butterflies, approx. 46 x 4cm excluding the unworked canvas to the sides; a panel of silk embroidery, on cream silk, the traditional floral design of carnations and other flowers, partly worked in gold metal threads, approx. 21 by 27cm; a plushwork bird set against a woolwork design of grass and trees, worked on tight canvas, approx. 18 by 16cm; a fine band of floral needlework depicting auriculas and roses, worked on tight canvas, approx. 54 by 6 cm; and an oval seat or cushion panel worked in bold coloured silks, with roses, buds, carnations, pansies and cornflowers, approx. 40 by 34cm, hem turned (8) (Shipping category D)
Slight wear to edges on one or two items.
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24% inc VAT*
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27.6% inc VAT*