Large English Woolen Sampler with Alphabets, Darning Patterns, and Deer box with finger holes and most fabulous

and most fabulous

it seems that it might be pyrography

with all over embroidery that reads like tears streaming down his front

Twenty merits measures 7" x 3 1/4"

I love this little thing

Large English Woolen Sampler with Alphabets, Darning Patterns, and Deer box with finger holes and most fabulousOne of the things I really love about this unusually large English schoolgirl sampler is that it includes both alphabets and numbers (including roman numbers I V) AND darning samples (the square patterns on the lower half), which I especially love. Plus that wonderful bounding stag at center! Pretty decorative patterns along every edge, too, each different. Really super sweet, and in very good condition; I am uncertain of the age and am not a sampler