Sarah Mary Larkworthy 1727 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers Crewel Embroidery hand painted silk floss from

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Sarah Mary Larkworthy 1727 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers Crewel Embroidery hand painted silk floss fromSarah Mary Larkworthy was featured in the 2016 exhibition Now Whilst My Hands Are Thus Employed Three Centuries Of Historic Samplers and is held in the private collection of Nicola Parkman. Sarahs exquisite sampler is a wonderful example of the legacy left behind by long forgotten school girls and their needlework teachers. The original sampler was finely embroidered in silk with a palette of only five colours using cross stitch over two threads,