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There’s a delightful story behind a recent acquisition by the Centerville-Washington Township Historical Society that should interest fanciers of embroidered artwork. The story begins in 1837 when ...

The pieces recently came to auction "from a direct descendant of the Rev George MacNaughton”, who was minister at Carsphairn from 1890 to 1925 Rare samplers with a Stewartry connection thought to have ...

Rare samplers with a Stewartry connection thought to have been embroidered by Robert Burns’ mum and sister are to be conserved for the nation. The National Trust for Scotland was helped to secure them ...