Sale On Scarlet Letter Europe Cross Stitch Patterns

Elizabeth Gooding 1790 - Cross Stitch Pattern

$26.00 Sale $2157

This is a beautiful sampler from Norwich (Norfolk, United Kingdom), possibly stitched at a school run by one Mrs. Wright or her descendent (hence the initials "MW" below Elizabeth's name in the attribution). A list of teachers in Norwich in 1783 includes Wright, Massey, and Cheetleburgh. The... Read more

Ann Whittaker 1790 - Cross Stitch Pattern

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$29.00 Sale $2406

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

German Sampler by AEDEGNES 1746 - Cross Stitch Pattern

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$20.00 Sale $1659

Note from the designer - "A characteristically northern German sampler, this example from Hamburg consists of random symbolic spot motifs, with a unifying central scene and borders. Religious symbols are commonly found on almost all continental samplers, and Adam and Eve in particular is often... Read more

Ann Hall 1812 - Christian Cross Stitch Pattern

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$15.00 Sale $1244

Note from the designer - "This wonderful English sampler has to be an original inspired composition by a very clever young girl with a singular artistic vision! Potbellied cherubs fly trumpeting alongside a doughy, asexual Adam and Eve, beneath whom perch an enormous plumed Bird of Paradise on a... Read more