Object Description
1834 sampler by Christian Annan of Perth, Scotland. Framed in an old wood frame with rippled, old glass. Tacked to card and wood with brown paper backing. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch and Algerian eye. Meandering strawberry border. Colours navy blue, dark brown, greens and gold. Alphabets A-Z in upper case, numbers 1-24, and family initials. Signed and dated ‘Christian Annan Perth 1834’. Placename Perth is a city in Scotland. Motifs, including a house, birds, flowers, fir trees, crowns, dogs and rabbits