| GRAZING SHEEP |
| An English sampler of circa 1810 This finely worked sampler features pastoral scenes above and below a lovely verse about friendship. A four-sided honeysuckle border surrounds large baskets of fruits and flowers, a fenced pasture with seven large lazy sheep and an architectural folly in the background. Each corner has a gold eight-pointed star, executed in back and counted satin stitches. The verse surrounded by a sawtooth counted satin stitch border, is as follows:
Stitches used to execute this sampler are cross (over one and two threads of linen), counted satin, and bullion (for the sheep). |
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| LINEN: 35 count RATED: Intermediate FINISHED SIZE: 14"x20" KIT WITH COTTON FLOSS- $74.00 KIT WITH SILK FLOSS- $146.00 GRAPH ONLY- $18.00
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