Map of Ireland.
Ann Robson 1810. York School.
Worked with coloured silks on a smooth satin- weave silk ground. Two other identical maps of Ireland, also dated 1810 are in the collection of what is now known as The Mount School, York.
Framed Size: 60 x 54 cm. (24 x 21 ins)
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Maryanna Dalphin, First half 19th century.
An outstanding and most unusual sampler worked with brightly coloured silks . Within an oval cartouche, surrounded by scrolling flowers and leaves are written lines from the 23rd Psalm along with a dedication from Maryanna's teacher. These combine to make the sampler both personal and charming.
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Brown Family Memorial Sampler. Circa 1835.
Memorial and family register samplers were for some reason more popular in America than England. A note on the reverse of the sampler tells us that it was embroidered by Anna Maria Brown (1822 - 1900).
Size 17 x 18 ins.
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Early 18th Century Figurative Band Sampler.
Rare figurative band sampler worked on unbleached linen with coloured silks and metallic threads.
Framed Size: 54 x 26 cm. (21 x 10 ins.)
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MS 1791. Ackworth School.
Medallion sampler of landscape form almost certainly by Mary Storr, a scholar at Ackworth School between 1789 and 1791.
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Massey Gibbons. 1801.
Typical of a series of samplers recorded as being worked at West Town the sampler uses images found on Quaker samplers in both America and the UK.
Framed Size 13 x 13 ins
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