Object Description
1842 Scottish Motif Sampler by Marianne Peattie. Framed in an old wood frame with gilt slip and glass. Mounted to conservator standards on acid free card with chipboard backing. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in a variety of stitches. Meandering strawberry border. Colours green, blue, red, copper, brown and pink. Family initials EP, WP, JW, JP, GP, JP, IW, GP, JP. Signed and dated, ‘DONE BY MARIANNE PEATTIE APRIL 1ST 1842’. A good set of motifs, including a thistle, a house, dogs, birds, flowers, potted flowering plants, rabbits, fruit baskets, deer, fir trees, crowns, cockerel, fleur-de-lis and hearts.