The Twelve Days of Christmas song was published around 1780 and has been popular at Christmas time ever since
The Biedermeier period began at the end of the Napoleonic Wars and ended with the onset of the European Revolutions of 1848
stitched as a long piece
Cute borders
Stitch Count: 65 W x 96 H
Elizabeth Furniss 1836 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers Designer The Twelve Days of ChristmasThis is on my short list of "must make samplers". I love the gorgeous border, those big cabbage flowers, the patchwork front lawn, and the polka dotted and striped animals. I also don't see many samplers that have Adam and Eve active under the tree that's kind of interesting, too. Stitch Count: 347 x 358 Threads: AVAS Soie d'Alger: 2946, 2914, F2 (x 2), 2225, 1421, 3725, 935, 4244, 3435, 944, 4513, 1846, 3833 (x 2), 1723, 1721, 2643, 2931, 3715 (x 2),