Amelia Boyce's pictorial sampler demonstrates two popular art forms of the early 19th century manifested in the sampler mode: the image of an architectural engraving, and the influence of Berlin patterns in the naturalistic (rather than nave or stylized) floral patterns. A widely mixed floral meandering border surrounds a brief verse and scenic panel over a large cathedral, flanked by mammoth trees, one with an oversize parrot perched in the branches. The verse from Proverbs 3, verse 17, is especially lovely:
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace
Stitches used are cross over one and two threads of linen, and back stitch. The original sampler is ion the collection of the Valentine Museum in Richmond, Virginia.
Stitch count: 296 x 341. On 35 count linen, the finished sampler will measure approximately 17" x 19-1/4". Recommended cut piece is 21" x 24".
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from United Kingdom on 10/25/2023 - One for the furure I have the chart already and will be stitching this so long as nothing more brilliant comes along to distract me.Love samplers with a religious verse added...I started doing similar work many years ago and it looks like a fairly easy pattern to follow.
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