Antique Sampler reproduction sampler. PDF CHART ONLY.

Stitch count: 263w x 205h.

The original sampler was stitched on 45 count linen.

Our model has been worked on 36 count 'Hogbristle Linen' by Fox & Rabbit Designs using Needlepoint Inc Silks.

Odile's sampler is worked in cross stitch, mainly using one strand over two linen threads. The text at the bottom of the sampler is worked in cross stitch over one linen thread.

When you purchase this product you will receive an email confirming your order and a separate email containing the PDF file. It is important that your correct email address is given. If the email is not received into your in-box please check your spam folder.

What will I receive? You will receive via email a clear colour cross stitch chart, a colour image of the finished design and a colour image of the antique original. This listing is for a digital download only – PDF Chart, there is a separate listing if you would prefer a printed chart posted to you.

Odile Therese Rauscent was born 9 March 1832 in Court-Saint-Etienne, a small municipality about 50 kms south-east of Brussels in Belgium. She died 6 January 1904 aged 71. She was one of six children. Her father was a farmer. Odile went on to have eight children of her own after her marriage to Charles Henri Fosse in 1855.
Odile attended boarding school at Pensionnat de Liberchies, about 30 kms south of where she was born. She stitched her cross stitch sampler in 1844 and her darning sampler around 1846. The last digit of the year is hard to make out as the sampler had been stapled to a board at that point.

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Original from the collection of Cheryl Grant. Reproduced with kind permission.

Model sampler kindly and beautifully stitched by Cheryl Grant.