The Scarlet Letter ~ Fruit Tree with Two Animals circa 1690 Reproduction Sampler Pattern 80/20 perfect for craft spaces

perfect for craft spaces

all with a wink and a nod to days gone by

Unlike its companion

Stitch Count: 369 x 278

160 / S2700 / 950

The Scarlet Letter ~ Fruit Tree with Two Animals circa 1690 Reproduction Sampler Pattern 80/20 perfect for craft spacesThis colorful William III English needlework vignette is executed entirely in gros and petit point stitches (cross stitch over one and two threads of linen). It depicts a large gros point fruiting tree above a scene with very finely stitched petit point leaves, flowers, and two animals, the larger animal likely a wolf, with a lamb slung over its shoulder. The Eurasian wolves in Britain were huge, feared, and unlike many other species, did not exhibit