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THE FISHING LADY |
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Our own original design created in collaboration
with Terry Meinke, draws upon the needlework traditions of two
centuries, in both England and America. The idyllic landscape
and more naturalistic figures (as opposed to the blocky shapes
of later figures on American samplers such as Rhoda Ann's) are
taken from 18th century English canvaswork - a technique that
traveled to America and manifested itself in the famous Fishing Lady and Boston Common pictures. The inspiration for these scenes came
from engravings and other prints popular in Europe, and expressed
itself here in some of America's finest and most famous crewel
and canvas needleworks. The flowers in the border were drawn
from several antique sampler borders in the collection of The
Scarlet Letter,
and the verse comes from the Rubaiyat of Omar Shayyam. |
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Rated: Intermediate
Linen count/finished size: 35 count, 13-1/2"x15-1/2"
Stitches: Cross, double running, satin, stem, tent
Kit with cotton floss: $50.00
Kit with silk floss: $90.00
Graph only: $8.00
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