Antique French cross-stitch alphabet sampler | 1880 needlework | Victorian women's craft | Abécédaire ancien

Name: Antique French cross-stitch alphabet sampler | 1880 needlework | Victorian women's craft | Abécédaire ancien
Brand: NovembreCurios
SKU: 1207050598
Price: 152.15 GBP
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.9 (194 reviews)

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Vintage from the 19th century
Materials: Cotton thread, Cotton canvas, Wood, Glass, Cardboard

Large and intricate French antique multicolored cross-stitched alphabet sampler, on which is embroidered "Soeurs de ND de C., "année 1880", two alphabets in both Gothic and bold capitals, a series of numbers and the name of its executant, Joséphine Ménager. The whole is adorned with birds, flowers bouquets and Holy Crosses motifs.

The details and fresh color of this sampler make it quite rare, but it is also touching in its somewhat shabby rendition - the letters lack straightness sometimes and the numbers are not spelled out in the right order :)

In excellent condition, framed in a modern wooden frame bearing on its back inscriptions of places and dates. REeady to be hung up.

Cross-stitched alphabet samplers were a popular "lady's craft" from the 18th century right until the mid-20th, and were kept in the family as a testimony of young girls' skills.

44 x 50 cm / 17.32 x 19.68 in

**Please keep in mind that all my listings are vintage or antique - therefore traces of time are normal and mostly inevitable ! I do my best to thoroughly describe every object and its potential flaws. There will in most cases be at least some slight wear to them.**

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