Specimen Book Samplers! Ellen Kingscote - PREORDER
cross stitch antiques
$45.00
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This is a RE-RELEASE in conjunction with the other four NEW Specimen Book Samplers! Ellen Kingscote English Specimen Pages Two Cross Stitch Samplers, Wisdom and Honour, circa 1840Antique Sampler Reproductions
Suggested Fabric: linen or aida in ivory or cream tone Floss: DMCStitch Count For Wisdom: 83 w x 123 h Original Size for Wisdom: 5 inches x 7Stitch Count for Honour: 89 w x 115 h Original Size for Honour: 5 ½ inches x 7 ½The Antique:
cross stitch only over two threads throughout with hemstitched borderon 32 count linen with cotton threads.
No providence could be found about Ellen herself. Description: Two simple and beginner style cross stitch samplers are found in Ellen Kingscote’sEnglish sewing and needlework lesson book dating to the 1840s along with samples of her sewing,darning, buttonhole, knitting and embroidery work. The samples are mounted with sewing threadon fine tissue paper on a double pink page with a single blue insert page.
PLEASE NOTE: this item is a PRE-ORDER item, which means it will not ship on the typical shipping timeline. Order of this chart will begin shipping at the beginning of September.