The Scarlet Letter | Ann Anthony 1838 Tilda This is an expansive English

This is an expansive English sampler with an unusual four-sided leafy branch and floral border

17″ Fabric: 15

Autumn Spice

Dimension 35 x 24 cm / 13

SDA two strands on 28-32ct

The Scarlet Letter | Ann Anthony 1838 Tilda This is an expansive EnglishThis amazing, unprecedented English sampler illustrates so many unique and bold elements of design, stitched in a balanced way inside a four sided strawberry border. In all my decades of study Ive never seen an antique sampler with quite this much bizarre personality. At the top is a two storied red house flanked on either side by handsomely dressed couples posed beneath leafy bowers. Below the house, Adam and Eve stand alongside the Tree of Life with