Alphabet sampler embroidered with cross and eyelet stitches; elaborate initials below outlined in double running stitch with honeysuckle border on both sides.

Alphabet band sampler embroidered in cross and eyelet stitches by Harriet Bertram, aged 8 years; back of frame labeled "A Haig Product, Lady Haig's Poppy Factory, Made by disabled Scottish ex-service men in Lady Haig's Poppy Factory, Marryat House, 24 Calton Road, Edinburgh."

Alphabet sampler of II Corinthians chapter 5, verse 10 with alphabet embroidered in cross, counted satin, tent, and eyelet stiches; bottom half embroidered with verse, family initials, and tent-stitched scene.

Trade sampler.  Fine white linen ground on which initials, ciphers, and coronets are worked with white linen in satin stitch.   Some names have German, some have English form.  Embroidered with initials, ciphers, and coronets worked in satin stitch. Initials in center "A.R." possibly for Adelaide Regina, wife of William IV, Adelaide of Saxe-Melningen, married in 1818, formed by roses, thistles, and shamrocks. embroidered in satin stitch and cutwork with needlelace fillings.

Alphabet band sampler embroidered in cross and eyelet stitches by Harriet Bertram, aged 5 years; back of frame labeled "A Haig Product, Lady Haig's Poppy Factory, Made by disabled Scottish ex-service men in Lady Haig's Poppy Factory, Marryat House, 24 Calton Road, Edinburgh."

1766, Scotland

1766, Scotland

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