Object Description
Restoration period band sampler, dated 1678, stither with initials EV. The sampler is worked in silk threads on a linen ground. A wonderful variety of horizontal patterned bands across the sampler. Colours gold, blue, green and black. Alphabets A-Z in upper case. Signed with initials and dated ‘EV 1678’. Framed in an old wood frame with rippled, old glass. Mounting: The sampler is fixed to card. Frame backed with chipboard and sealed with tape.. Dimensions exclude the frame and slip.