A RARE AND FINELY-WORKED REGENCY QUAKER NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER of oblong form with canted corners an

A RARE AND FINELY-WORKED REGENCY QUAKER NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER of oblong form with canted corners and of typically restrained character, worked in black thread on beige linen with a three-verse "hymn" in well-formed Roman lower-case lettering, signed "Deborah Smith/Ackworth/1814", 30.8cm x 20cm, (12.25in x 8in), inmodern gilt slip and ebonised frame, under glass.