The Scarlet Letter ~ Fruit Tree with Two Animals circa 1690 Reproduction Sampler Pattern Flower Garden Double happiness all round

Double happiness all round

This of course can also be used a a yarn box

What better way to display a beautiful thread than with a beautiful Mother of Pearl spool topper

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The Scarlet Letter ~ Fruit Tree with Two Animals circa 1690 Reproduction Sampler Pattern Flower Garden Double happiness all roundThis colorful William III English needlework vignette is executed entirely in gros and petit point stitches (cross stitch over one and two threads of linen). It depicts a large gros point fruiting tree above a scene with very finely stitched petit point leaves, flowers, and two animals, the larger animal likely a wolf, with a lamb slung over its shoulder. The Eurasian wolves in Britain were huge, feared, and unlike many other species, did not exhibit