A sampler by Elizabeth Elliott 1835

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A sampler by Elizabeth Elliott 1835
worked in coloured silk with a verse "Contentment" and a colourful long-tailed bird perched in a tree as a central motif with butterflies, within a naturalistic border of wild flowers--13in x 16½in. (32 x 41cm), framed and glazed

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Small holes in ground, some darned and edge fraying slightly. Stained round edge, blue line for a border. The bird in the centre is mainly green,with blues and reds the other predominant colour. Mainly in one stitch, satin, and colours of silks still bright.