Counted cross stitch chart, reproduction sampler from 1829.
Carefully recharted for you by Hands Across the Sea Samplers team and here are some interesting details about this family sampler:
You can find the names of John Alexander and Helen Spaden, left-hand border revealed the initials: MA, JA, JA, MA, HA, and JA. They are the children of John Alexander and Helen Spaden (Splading), who married on December 23, 1797.
Stitch count: 215 x 203
Stitched with Au ver Soie silks, DMC cottons or Appleton's woolens!
