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4× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - 4612 Cendress de Rose

5× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - 2112 Pistache

2× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - 1846 Vert Troene

1× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - 4534 Beige

2× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - 2235 Bronze Vert

1× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - 4611 Cendress De Rose

1× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - 1444 Myosotis

1× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - 1442 Myosotis

1× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - 3823 Tigre

3× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - 245 Vert Pre

1× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - 2636 Tuya

1× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - 2635 Tuya

2× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - 2632 Tuya

2× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - 3711 Gris Vert

1× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - 2213 Vert Laurier

1× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - 3341 Gris Fer

1× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - NOIR

2× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - 244 Vert Pre

1× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - 243 Vert Pre

1× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - 2223 Vert Tilleul

1× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - 3835 Souris

1× Au Ver A Soie - Soie d'Alger - 3834 Souris

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4× DMC 3772 Six Strand Floss - Very Dark Desert Sand Brown

5× DMC 904 Six Strand Floss - Very Dark Parrot Green

2× DMC 500 Six Strand Floss - Very Dark Blue Green

1× DMC 840 Six Strand Floss - Medium Beige Brown

2× DMC 729 Six Strand Floss - Medium Old Gold

1× DMC 3064 Six Strand Floss - Desert Sand Brown

1× DMC 807 Six Strand Floss - Peacock Blue

1× DMC 3761 Six Strand Floss - Light Sky Blue

2× DMC 823 Six Strand Floss - Dark Navy Blue

1× DMC 927 Six Strand Floss - Light Green Gray

1× DMC 422 Six Strand Floss - Light Hazelnut Brown

3× DMC 469 Six Strand Floss - Avocado Green

1× DMC 400 Six Strand Floss - Dark Mahogany Brown

1× DMC 301 Six Strand Floss - Medium Mahogany Brown

2× DMC 945 Six Strand Floss - Tawny Brown

2× DMC 3033 Six Strand Floss - Very Light Mocha Brown

1× DMC 733 Six Strand Floss - Medium Olive Green

1× DMC 841 Six Strand Floss - Light Beige Brown

1× DMC 310 Six Strand Floss - Black

2× DMC 470 Six Strand Floss - Light Avocado Green

1× DMC 471 Six Strand Floss - Very Light Avocado Green

1× DMC 734 Six Strand Floss - Light Olive Green

1× DMC 3031 Six Strand Floss - Very Dark Mocha Brown

1× DMC 3781 Six Strand Floss - Dark Mocha Brown

Designer: Scarlet Letter
Item: SCTL-042
Type: Cross Stitch Patterns

Note from the designer - "In Scandinavia, as in England and America, sampler patterns (called navneklude meaning, literally, "name cloths") were passed along from teacher to pupil, mother to daughter, generation to generation. The designs were used to mark ownership of domestic textiles, as well as to embellish clothing and household textiles. Popular themes included biblical stories depicted symbolically. This sampler demonstrates many examples of these religious symbols. Traditionally, the alphabet was embroidered across the top of the sampler, often followed by Adam and Eve, the serpent, and the Tree of Life, filled with apples; the heart (symbolizing love); the Lamb of God; the "Pelican in her Piety" (central on this sampler), and the Crucifixion. The appearance of the camel on ACL's sampler is a bit puzzling, however quite amusing.

The monogram and date are often enclosed in an elaborate wreath on Scandinavian, and northern European samplers. According to Edith Nielsen, in Scandinavian Embroidery Past and Present (Scribner, New York, 1978), "If the sampler was embroidered by an unmarried girl, her birthdate was included. Quite often when a sampler or other monogrammed item was passed on, a new monogram was added bearing the initials of the new owner. If the former owner was deceased, occasionally a black mourning border was embroidered around that person's monogram. Also, if there was enough space on the sampler, the new owner might add additional symbols." We could assume that "ACL" was born November 30, 1790, or else this could have been made as a gift, perhaps to celebrate a family marriage in 1790. Stitches used in the sampler are cross (over one and two threads of linen), eyelet, Algerian eyelet, four-sided, and counted satin. Like the original, on 30 count linen the finished sampler will measure approximately 12-1/2" x 14-1/4". It is recommended for intermediate level needleworkers."