TWO NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS
ONE SIGNED MARY ANN THORPE, THE OTHER SIGNED ELIZABETH YOUNG, DATED 1785
The first worked in coloured silks to a natural linen ground, depicting Nottingham Castle, beneath a small house and a religious verse, within a floral border, the date indecipherable; the second embroidered in brown silk to a natual linen ground with a verse entitled 'The Philosopher and The Peasants'
12 x 14 in. (30 x 36 cm.); and 12 x 13 in. (30 x 33 cm.)
Both framed and glazed (2)
TWO NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS
ONE SIGNED MARY ANN THORPE, THE OTHER SIGNED ELIZABETH YOUNG, DATED 1785
The first worked in coloured silks to a natural linen ground, depicting Nottingham Castle, beneath a small house and a religious verse, within a floral border, the date indecipherable; the second embroidered in brown silk to a natual linen ground with a verse entitled 'The Philosopher and The Peasants'
12 x 14 in. (30 x 36 cm.); and 12 x 13 in. (30 x 33 cm.)
Both framed and glazed (2)
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