A sampler by Elizabeth Rowe 1790 embroidered in freshly coloured silks, the central band with alphabets and numerals in cross stitch and Algerian eye, flanked to either side by various spot motifs including a stag, a man on a horse with a dog, birds and flowers, within a stylised bud border--14 x 13in. (36 x 34cm.), framed and glazed, slight damage