A Poignant George III Period Unfinished Sampler by Margaret Penrose Robinson c.1809 sub-Curios Built in the fashionable Neo-classical

Built in the fashionable Neo-classical style to a design by Buchman & Fox Architects

This monument would have been commemorating the death of a well-loved and socially important person in France at the time

with the original hinge on the back

and masks was left to the discretion of the individual employer but at the time many ‘progressive firms’ desiring to obtain a maximum efficiency from their employees and to prevent loss of working hours

wearing a dark buttoned woollen overcoat

A Poignant George III Period Unfinished Sampler by Margaret Penrose Robinson c.1809 sub-Curios Built in the fashionable Neo-classicalOrigin: English Period: George III Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1809 The Work: 19 high x 16. 75 wide In Frame: 21. 5 x 19. 25 wide The unfinished George III period needlework sampler having a geometric medallion Quaker style border in the Ackworth school manner, enclosing two unfinished floral petit point bands; above an ink letter reading; Worked by Margaret, second daughter of John and Margaret Penrose Robinson who died at 9 years of age in