Description

Embrouidery sampler. English, 1820's. Unbleached canvas ground worked with coloured silks and wools mainly in cross stitch and satin, holbein and different raised stitches. Floral border of roses and forget-me-nots around edges. In centre, pattern of a 2-floor brick house with plot of grass on either side of door and treees and vase with flowers and small figures of ladies in hats and with parasols, also gentlemen. Borders of sampler have been enlarged in a different fabric to allow for framing.