Silk pack for Jane Hardy 1840 little gem sampler.
For chart purchase please visit official website of Hands Across the Sea.
From the creators of this wonderful gem reproduction:
"Contained within a stylised red carnation border is a delightful scene of a sturdy redbrick house surrounded by urns of fruit, four birds and auriculas. The parkland abounds with deer, two small dogs and an aristocratic cat with tail held high. The three chimneys, with smoke billowing, create a feeling of "home is where the hearth is" and adds to the overall feeling of warmth the sampler conveys.
Jane stitched the number four in 1840 backwards. Writing numbers backwards (mirror-writing) is not unusual for young children, it is how their brain processes what they see."
