Hannah sampler - some larger holes to the centre line fold, and wear.  Brown stain above this area.  Several tiny holes to the lower alphabet and around the border, Some discolouration and fading to the backing cloth.  Hand stitched onto the card backing.
Elizabeth sampler - numerous areas of small collections of holes/wear to the central alphabet, to the middle of the sampler on the left hand side, to both upper corners and top border, and to the middle of the lower border.  A water mark to the bottom right corner, some staining around the name and to the left hand side vertical border.  General wear.  Hand stitched to card backing.

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