Large English Woolen Sampler with Alphabets, Darning Patterns, and Deer box with finger holes This is a—really wonderful

This is a—really wonderful

Twenty merits measures 7" x 3 1/4"

with all over embroidery that reads like tears streaming down his front

and most fabulous

grandson of Lord Edward FitzGerald

Large English Woolen Sampler with Alphabets, Darning Patterns, and Deer box with finger holes This is a—really wonderfulOne of the things I really love about this unusually large English schoolgirl sampler is that it includes both alphabets and numbers (including roman numbers I V) AND darning samples (the square patterns on the lower half), which I especially love. Plus that wonderful bounding stag at center! Pretty decorative patterns along every edge, too, each different. Really super sweet, and in very good condition; I am uncertain of the age and am not a sampler