Sampler length of cotton with inset panels of net, possibly made in France or Belgium, 1846 Sampler length of white cotton with inset panels of net and muslin worked with a variety of plain sewing techniques of hemming, patchwork, darning, decoratrive hemming, drawn thread work, button-holing, gusset-making and eyelet-holes. Two panels show decorative stitches, one of whitework filling stitches and the other of decorative designs in darning stitch and red silk on white muslin. In the centre is a panel of net on which is worked in applied muslin with 'LEONIE LAMBIN, 1846'.