A George IV linen sampler, finely worked by Ellen Brownson 1821 with a verse, red brick house, pairs of birds and butterflies between baskets of flowers and sprays, in trailing border, 31 x 48cm. In generally excellent condition with apparently no holes, frayed threads or repair. The colours well preserved, a neatly worked sampler in what is probably the original but later black painted frame with worm damage. Label on the back boards inscribed Ellen Brownson the gift of her aunt A Bidden(?) May 1884