This nautical themed stitching bag features two mermaids, a serpent in a tree and the saying "Eve was tempted, the fruit was sweet. Adam sinned also, for he did eat."
Pattern is stitched on 32 ct linen using Gentle Arts, Classic Colorworks, and Weeks Dye Works threads with DMC conversion. Stitch count is 126 x 295. Finished size is 8" x 18.5".
A derivative 17th-century canvas work picture. The Adam and Eve legend was a more popular theme on samplers after the early eighteenth century so this example is quite unusual. The pair are not often seen on earlier needleworks, even though most illustrated bibles of the sixteenth and seventeenth... Read more
Note from the designer - "This unusual sampler is probably of Scottish origin. The distinctive French-inspired mansion house and the peacocks are commonly found on Scottish samplers. Adam and Eve are realistically stitched in the Garden, by effectively working two quite simple stitches together:... Read more
Note from the designer: "This naive Adam and Eve sampler might have been made in Maryland around 1810. At first I believed that the sampler was either English or Irish, judging by the unusual surname, until, in my research, I came upon the gravestone of a Fanny H. Peachey, born 24 November 1799,... Read more
What makes this early Victorian English sampler so intriguing are the wonderfully naive figures of Adam, Eve and St. Michael flanking the Tree of Life. St. Michael's sword is drawn to slay the serpent, but he hardly looks formidable with his large feet and doughy body. Playskool-like Adam and Eve... Read more
This cross stitch pattern from Hands to Work features a unique portrayal of Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Tephra from Cedar River Linen with Needlepoint Inc Silks. Stitch Count: 141H x 112W. Finished size: 7" x 5.6"
Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folkart Embroidery featuring a small sampler featuring Adam and Eve, a series of plants and ornaments, and a beautiful set of Algerian eyelet letters.
The sampler features Algerian eyelets and full crosses. If you stitch the eyelets, I would recommend... Read more
This pattern from By The Bay Needleart features Adam and Eve on temptation hill.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Star Sapphire linen with Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 74 x 147. Finished size: 4.6" x 9.2".
Note from the designer - "ANN WHITTAKER created an almost comically theatrical sampler depicting Adam and Eve, angels, pious verses, and elaborate meandering vines beneath dramatic multi-colored draperies and tassels. Hovering over the verse which is framed by large columns, are two angels with... Read more
In the upper register of this finely stitched English sampler there is featured an unusual vignette of Adam and Eve beneath the tree of life (with a menacing black faced serpent) flanked by mirror image brick cottages, followed by a pious verse:
There is so much going on in this fascinating English sampler that it's hard to know where to begin looking. Apart from the somewhat conventional Adam and Eve at the top center, adorable flying cherubs flank them and the apple tree, bearing gold rings and sprays of flowers. The verse is as... Read more
Note from the designer: "German and Dutch samplers are known for their iconography, especially the symbolic religious motifs. This piece, reproduced from the collection of the Allentown Art Museum in Allentown, Pennsylvania, portrays many of these motifs. Adam and Eve, in particular, are often... Read more