Antique Needlework Sampler on Linen with Triple Alphabet, House, Flowers carved shoe with laces and the Old Maid herself

and the Old Maid herself

I assume made using a garlic press

In excellent structural condition with no major dings or bends

it bears a strong resemblance to the work of Kristian Vedel

Antique Needlework Sampler on Linen with Triple Alphabet, House, Flowers carved shoe with laces and the Old Maid herselfI'd guess the young woman who created this sampler did not expect it would be around 200 or so years later, so may not have thought much about using very light color threads that would more or less disappear as it aged. The linen backing and needlework itself has held up extremely well and appears almost completely intact, but the linen has darkened and the needlework faded, so it lives now as a very sweet but quite subtle piece, which I love but