It’s Christmas and I have a
needlework mystery to present to you.
A year ago I purchased
online a lovely birthday sampler, worked in tiny cross stitched from a stitcher
called Louie and dedicated to ‘Dear Rose’ and dated 1896
Then recently I acquired a
similar sampler, this time a Christmas sampler dated 1895 and also stitched by
Louie for a ‘Dear Rose’.
I feel privileged to own
these two pieces of needlework, but the mystery will always persist for me.
Who was Louie ? The name is
unisex, and could have been a man or a woman.
And who was Rose ? All we
know is that she was an important person for Louie, someone loved and cherished
as shown by the beautiful and delicate needlework stitched over 120 years ago.
The samplers were both purchased
from the UK, but with a year apart and by two different sellers.
How did they get separated ?
Maybe we will never know, but if any of my readers have a clue…. Let me know.
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| You almost have to hold up the sampler to the light to be able to see the writing since it is so faded |
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| Beautiful faded details |
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| Two samplers, bought a year apart from two different sellers... but stitched by the same person |
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| I will always wonder who was Louie and Rose, what was their relation, what was their lives like ? And how did the samplers get seperated ? |
May the
blessing of the Lord rest upon you this Christmas
Open fly the
gates of heaven
Downward
sweeps the angels throng
Unto us a Son
is given
Let us welcome
him with songs
Lift up hearts
and voices
Let the
welcome ring
For Christmas
happy Christmas
Is the
birthday of our King
A merry Xmas
and a happy new year
To dear Rose
from Louie
December 25 th
1895
Very cool!
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