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Isabella Herron, circa 1840, American This charming little needlework picture, worked by Isabella Herron, circa 1840, features a red cottage in cross stitch set on a green ricestitched lawn. The pair of trees frame the house protectively with the name of the needleworker worked above. It is worked in wool onto penelope linen and is in excellent condition, conservation mounted into a fine period bird's-eye maple frame. Sampler size: 73/4\/4\Price: $1,850. 31 Hunt scene silk embroidery, circa 1790, England M. Finkel & Daughter. DDDDDDDD Our stylish silk embroidered picture depicts a subject rarely seen in needlework: a hunt scene. It is a tightly worked English example, and dates from the end of the 18th century. This needlework picture was included in the loan exhibition of the 1994 Philadelphia Antiques Show, which was entitled In the Sporting Tradition. It remains in its original Hogarth frame, which retains its framer's label from the town of Portsea. Worked in silk and paint on silk, it is in excellent condition. Sampler size: lOW' X 17W' Price: $2,600.