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Two rare needlework samplers thought to have been embroidered by the mother and sister of Robert Burns have been returned to the poet’s birthplace, with support from a philanthropist in the US. The ...

In our increasingly digital world, many of us have been trying to return to the analog way of life through crafts (myself included). Fiber arts like knitting and crochet, quilting, and needlework have ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Joy Jarrett, who runs Witney Antiques with her husband, is one of the leading UK dealers in needlework samplers ...

Valuer and auctioneer Annie Cope-Mew believes the sampler could be sold for thousands of pounds A rare Victorian needlework sampler could fetch thousands of pounds when it is sold this week, ...

The needlework was framed by Hudson's in 1944.

A rare Victorian needlework sampler has sold at auction for £3,200. The artefact, which made by an orphan called Dora who lived at one of George Müller's five pioneering New Orphan Homes in Bristol in ...

A few centuries ago, kids in classrooms did needlework samplers. They’d stitch their ways through linen stretched tight in wooden hoops as part of this rather slow & demanding hobby. It also taught ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sampler dates back to the 19th Century [Auctioneum] A rare Victorian needlework sampler has sold at auction for £3,200. The ...

A rare Victorian needlework sampler could fetch thousands of pounds when it is sold this week, auctioneers say. It was made by an orphan called Dora who lived at one of George Müller's five pioneering ...