British Patriotic Samplers: Elizabeth II: coronation sampler (Windsor Castle)

04 September 2011

Elizabeth II: coronation sampler (Windsor Castle)

Auctioned in 2010 (price unknown), this sampler features Windsor Castle rather than the more usual Buckingham Palace, and mixes classic sampler elements such as alphabet and numbers with more specific royal imagery.

The auctioneer's description:
A Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Sampler depicting Windsor Castle, alphabet, numerals and floral decoration, 1953 unframed, 39cm x 36cm

Read more: http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/a-queen-elizabeth-ii-coronation-sampler-depicting-17-p-473d20cc1f

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The focus of this blog is British patriotic samplers and embroideries, especially those from 1901 to the present day. Its purpose is to be a catalogue/reference of the remarkable array of these hand-made works. Each one is a piece of social history, someone's time and skill and heart-felt emotion stitched to commemorate an event to which they must have felt a strong connection.

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