Auction: October 21, 2025

Lot #401: British 1820 Embroidery Sampler

Having a stitched devotional poem flanked by pairs of figures, above a row of flower vases, above the inscription "Eliza Bent aged nine years 1820" within a crown-topped wreath flanked by flower baskets, above a depiction of a bird-filled tree flanked by buildings having fenced yards, a profusion of insects, birds and flowers filling the gaps between larger elements, all within a floral scroll border, behind glass in a wood frame