Madame Needle

Counted cross stitch chart The Old Scot, circa 1740- 1760. Interesting and colorful sampler. 

A note from Designers: 

"A stylised thistle border surrounds this beautiful Scottish sampler that was stitched circa 1740-1760 on 36ct linen with fine wool. The unnamed sampler features two reversed flower bands and two elaborate upper-case alphabets of solid cross stitched centers surrounded by back stitched curlicues.

Five sets of initials are recorded on the sampler but none feature the same last initial so it is possible that these may not be the initials of family members but of friends. The three story building with many windows, three pointed gables and a man with a staff in the doorway is of great interest to us"

Stitch count: 240 x 271

Stitched with silk threads, cottons or also woolens!