Hands Across The Sea Samplers - Eliza Bell Cox 1832 32 Count Carmel Corn

Carmel Corn

a term which dates back to at lease 1554 when William Romsey of Bieton left his game to “my wyffe Elizabeth during her lyffe and at her decease

This design is made up of many traditional sampler motifs from Holland and the Low Countries and the band of patterns to the right of the design is also a typical feature of samplers from this region of Europe

All I will reveal is that it is “an anglicized phonetic representation”

Stitch count: 56w x 77h

Hands Across The Sea Samplers - Eliza Bell Cox 1832 32 Count Carmel CornHands Across The Sea Samplers Eliza Bell Cox 1832 The bird!.. swoon! and a glorious border filled with pansies. Eliza's sampler depicts a sweet verse and an exotic bird perched on a leafy bough eyeing a pretty butterfly which rests dangerously close by. There is another documented sampler, Elizabeth Elliott 1835, that bears a striking likeness and it is likely that Eliza and Elizabeth attended the same school, Radcliffe House. Model Fabric: 46ct