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A selection of 17th, 18th & 19th century Samplers.

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Elizabeth Boyden April 17. 1821. Saraden School. Staffordshire This carefully constructed sampler is worked entirely in cross stitch on a cream wool ground with an attractive stylised floral border and a long central verse inscribed ‘An address to the Deity’. Contained in the original rosewood frame. Framed Size. 20 x 17 ins.	Frances Hesselwood. 1804. HARMONY This beautifully executed 'extract' sampler shows the influence of Quaker teaching and the spread of the Ackworth style in the clear calligraphy of the text. Worked with black thread on a cream wool ground and contained in the original frame. Framed size: 38 x 33 cm. (15 x 13 ins.)
Two Mexican Samplers with alphabets. Early 19th Century. Embroidered in brightly coloured silks with blocks of distinct designs employing drawn and needle lace.
Flight to Egypt This rare pictorial sampler, worked in silk, wool and hair is clearely from the same 'school' as one illustrated in The Lady Lever Art Gallery. Catalogue of Embroideries. No LL5332. Page 228. The Holy Family. The naive depiction has great charm and a strong visual impact. The name is partly indistinct but possibly reads Eliza Rebekah Marchman. Aged 12, in the year 1815. Framed size: 41 x 51 cm (16 x 20 ins)	Elizabeth Ford. 1658. This rare Commonwealth band sampler was worked in the turbulent years in which the Lord protector of England, Oliver Cromwell Died (1599-1658). Framed size: 60 x 28 cm (24 x 11 ins.)
Maria Tallick. Aged 13. 1839. A charming small sampler worked on a fine gauze ground with brightly coloured silks. The carefully embroidered images consisting of a large three storey house, grape vines and potted plants. Contained in a period broad rosewood frame Framed size: 33 x 33 cm (13 x 13 in)	Band Sampler. M.C. Mid 17th Century A good band sampler worked on unbleached linen with coloured silks. The delicate appearance of this sampler is largely due to the use of double running stitch in the top two thirds of the sampler which features complex geometric flower heads, foliage and a female figure with tight cork screw curls. Framed size: 79 x 28 cm (31 x 11 ins).