SOLD Oh Noble Heart Think of Your End, Antique Pennsylvania German Acrostic Cross-stitch Sampler spinner Makes me want to write

Makes me want to write old fashioned letters

constructed of card or board

which makes the door--threshold--feel ethereal

some lighter

I had to rescue this one

SOLD Oh Noble Heart Think of Your End, Antique Pennsylvania German Acrostic Cross-stitch Sampler spinner Makes me want to writeFound in Maine, but Pennsylvania German, 19th century I believe, though in a newer frame. Happily, a previous owner of this did the work of researching it, and adhered to the back of the frame is a handwritten note translating the meaning of the central element a series of letters, OEHBDDE, surrounding a planted heart and there is some additional reference material discussing the history and use of the motif as well. The OEHBDDE is an acrostic, with