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Lot 1094
A Victorian woolwork sampler with alphabet and motto "The great enemies to tranquility are vice which poisons and disturbs the mind with bad passions; superstition which fills it with imaginary terror; idleness which loads it with tediousness and disgust" by Eleanor Fawcett, aged 12 years, 1882, contained within the top of a walnut occasional table with plate glass top, raised on square tapered supports 41cm h x 36cm w x 35cm d

Staining to the centre of the sampler

From Tables, Desks in the Antique & Fine Quality Furniture section in our Antique, Fine Art and Collectables auction held on Thursday 23rd of March 2023