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Sarah Williams from Llangynidr made this sampler in 1833 when she was 14 years old.

Linen canvas embroidered in cross stitch in wool and flax (?) thread. Upper half has a flowering plant with crowns, vases of flowers, butterflies and birds arranged symmetrically on either side. Beneath is a verse, and the lower half contains a red brick house with a plant in a pot on one side and a woman on the other. At the bottom: Sarah Williams aged 14 years, 1833. Upper and lower edges are selvages; side edges have a small stitched turn back.