This is lovely. I would love to see one of these in person and up close one day. Barring that, I’d like to see more of this one!
http://ornamentedbeing.tumblr.com/post/7377450096
There are several other photos of different types of sample books here, including another 18th century embroidery sample book: http://trouvais.com/2009/07/13/textiles-archives/
