Format: Hardcover octavo in quarter-leather and buckram binding, gilt title with date on leather label attached to front cover, 24 x 15cm.

This book contains 62 examples of needlework, including crochet, knitting, quilting, tatting, and embroidery. The samples are in the form of doilies, swatches, collars, buttonholes, bookmarks and buttons. Fabrics include wool, velvet and cotton.

Ballinascreen is a parish in the Northern Irish district of Mid-Ulster. The village of Draperstown is “part of the Church of Ireland parish of Ballynascreen and the Catholic parish of Ballinascreen.” Ref: Wiki.

This scarce sampler would have been used in girls’ education.

Front board split from text block, slight stains and scuffing overall.