Hands Across The Sea Samplers - How Now Brown Cow BW 1831

Hands Across The Sea Samplers - How Now Brown Cow BW 1831

Who was BW? Sadly we shall never know who stitched this charming English sampler in 1831 during the reign of William IV.

We know there are at least another eight similar samplers that make us wonder if they were stitched at the same school or taught by the same school mistress.  The samplers are different in their own right, but they share the same red brick stately Georgian building together with a fenced sweeping lawn or surrounded by a grove of trees.  All have at least one cow lazing on the grass, except one which is from an earlier period.

"The busy tribes of flesh and blood With all their cares and fears Are carried downward by the flood And lost in following years Time like an ever rolling stream Bears all its sons away They fly forgotten as a dream Dies at opening day" 

Model Fabric: 40ct Vintage Meadow Rue linen by Lakeside Linens.

Threads: Au Ver Soie Silks with DMC conversion

Stitch Count: 254 w x 273 h

Approx. Size: 12.7″ x 13.65″

Includes: Counted Cross Stitch Pattern/s with Materials List & Instructions 

*Due to Copyright Restrictions Patterns are Not Returnable.