English Redwork Sampler from 1808 easy cross stitch 75 cut fabric - 15

75 cut fabric - 15 x 15  inches

Nor the loud Storms that rage through human life

like tending a real garden—one stitch at a time

28 count - design size is 27

and spent her entire life in New York until her passing in 1907

English Redwork Sampler from 1808 easy cross stitch 75 cut fabric - 15A delicate and beautiful redwork marking sampler from 1808! This is one of the earliest red marking samplers. I know Bristol samplers did not appear until the 1860s. The pattern of Mary Purdye in my store is from 1815. Lydia was a very accomplished stitcher and the back is almost as perfect as the front. There is an upper and lower case alphabet with the "J" omitted. The lower case alphabet uses the old English long "s" in the shape of an "f". There