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1859 Sampler by Caroline Tricker

Victorian, dated 1859. 11ins by 11.25ins wide. 1859 Sampler by Caroline Tricker. Unframed.

The sampler is worked in cotton on canvas ground, in a variety of stitches including Algerian eye.

Simple line border.

Colour is red throughout.

Alphabets A-Z in upper case and lower case and numbers 1-11.

Signed and dated

'Caroline Tricker Aged 8 Years 1859'.

A few motifs including flowers, dogs

and diamonds.

CONDITION: Good. No holes.

Patchy specks and staining throughout.

Very minor stitch loss to the border in top left corner.

Colour is slightly faded, but still well defined.

No colour run.

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