Lot 282

A Victorian Sampler by Betsey Powell dated 1879. Worked in coloured wools on linen with roses flanking ‘The desert shall blossom as a rose’ above a basket of flowers, a chalice entwined with a serpent, a parrot, donkey, figures and dogs, in a moulded oak frame, 21½ in (55 cm) square.

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Description

A Victorian Sampler by Betsey Powell dated 1879. Worked in coloured wools on linen with roses flanking ‘The desert shall blossom as a rose’ above a basket of flowers, a chalice entwined with a serpent, a parrot, donkey, figures and dogs, in a moulded oak frame, 21½ in (55 cm) square.