Found in two completely different locations, within a few months of each
other, there is no historical connection between these two sweetly
naïve samplers. However, there are so many similarities in condition,
style, color, that I felt I had to put them together in one pattern
booklet.
Sarah E. Schall was nice enough to include her name and
the year, along with miscellaneous motifs and another name. Her teacher
perhaps? The linen of her sampler is worn to a gauzy-thin web.
The sampler I’m calling “Sarah’s Companion” is undated and unsigned. Her linen is also worn to a soft and fragile state.
I
imagine the girls that stitched these letters and motifs were of
similar background and means, and most likely worked their samplers
within a decade or two of each other.
I do hope you enjoy this
charming pair. Just because their stitches weren’t so skilled or
spectacular as many others of their time were, doesn’t mean they don’t
deserve to be added to the selection of authentic reproductions
available today.
Sarah E. Schall 1850
Stitch Count: 106 x 98
Model stitched on Picture This Plus 28ct. Mello
Using flosses from The Gentle Art: 7019 Pomegranate, 7048 Old Hickory, 7092 Otter Creek
Frame by Valley House Primitives
Sarah’s Companion
Stitch Count: 102 x 145
Model stitched on Picture This Plus 28ct. Mello
Using
flosses from The Gentle Art: 7019 Pomegranate, 7048 Old Hickory, 7060
Picnic Basket, 7061 Caramel Corn, 7080 Endive, 7092 Otter Creek
Frame by Valley House Primitives
This booklet is now available in my etsy shop,
and will be going out to my distributors and the shops on my automatic
shipments list soon. If you prefer to bypass etsy and order directly
through me, you can send me an email: beth@heartstringsamplery.com
2 comments:
LOVE the placement of the date and the critter! So charming...
i am happy you rescued them - they are a part of history of course they should be remembered. hugs, Amanda
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