French Red and White Darning Sampler with Out of Order Alphabet tin toy phone 17 1/4" x 12 3/4"

17 1/4" x 12 3/4"

Happily they're all here on this one

It's a bit hard to photograph--the dark squares on the front are a deep burgandy-brown stain

Perfect on a vanity or dresser for holding jewelry and the like

looking rather like a giant squid giving her a tight squeeze

French Red and White Darning Sampler with Out of Order Alphabet tin toy phone 17 1/4" x 12 3/4"I'm forever ogling antique darning samplers, especially very old Dutch ones, which are just exquisite (and very very dear.) This French one, done by a 14 year old Chantal Cheviot (signed on the edging on reverse) in the earlyish 20th century I would guess, is not one of those but I really like in other ways, including for the out of order alphabet, the reason for which I have no idea! The darning exercises on the bottom half were truly that one can