French Red and White Darning Sampler with Out of Order Alphabet tin toy phone Happily they're all here on

Happily they're all here on this one

17 1/4" x 12 3/4"

because I think one can never have too many

There is one blocks that shows some loss

The drawing is in great antique condition

French Red and White Darning Sampler with Out of Order Alphabet tin toy phone Happily they're all here onI'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