Whitby and Nunnington Hall, England

Whitby is a seaside town and port situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk. We visited the Whitby Museum today to see their sampler collection. They had some lovely samplers but the lighting was terrible so there is a lot of glare on the glass and the pictures were taken from odd angles.

After Whitby we went to Nunnington Hall, a country house in North Yorkshire. The present building is a combination of seventeenth and eighteenth century work but most of it was created during the 1680s. There were a few samplers but the lighting was even worse than Whitby.

There were also other types of needlework such as this sun lace from South America ...

... and some crewel work tapestries.

This beautiful fellow lived on the grounds.

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