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: TC1579

: Applied Art

: sampler

: Stranded cotton on cotton, mounted and framed. Cross stitch. Stylised floral border incorporating roses, daffodils, thistles; Royal coat-of-arms; legend: 'HER GRACIOUS MAJESTY ELIZABETH II' coach drawn by two horses, two horseguards behind; '1953' between two Beefeaters. Almost certainly worked from a kit or transfer; commemorates the Coronation of Elizabeth II. In plain pale wood frame.

: India, South Central Asia, Asia

: India (probably)

: 1953, dated

: HRH Queen of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II

: coronation

: [Citation] Samplers in the City of Bristol Museum & Art Galler. cat.no 166.