Madeleine and Roses
Embroidery instructions for Madeleine Duroc 1902 and Roses from A to Z together for the price of 30 €
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Fabric cut off
picot edging finished
border on left-hand side started
an alphabet stitched
first name and year added
Finally, Madeleine could begin with the beautiful rose alphabet. At some point, she must have discovered: I do not get any more letters after the "R" on the sampler. But she virtuously finished the ABC and applied her first name at the end of the line, but this time from another alphabet. There is still space left. So she added a tiny alphabet and again "M A D E L E I N E" in another variant.
She proudly finished her sampler with lots of personal data.
Crosses: 313 x 317
Size: 44 x 44,5 cm
Stitches: Cross stitch
In France, for the marking of the clothes - in particular the fine bed linen - mostly large patterns were used and executed in delicate whitework.
Many French publishing houses, however, also produced alphabets in large cross-stitch versions, which enjoyed great popularity all over Europe.
This very large rose alphabet, probably published just before the century turn, still contains two smaller ABCs. A feast for the stitcher's eyes.
Crosses: 164 x 822
Size: 23 x 116 cm
Stitches: Cross stitch
