Historic Botanical Designs in counted cross stitch
These botanical adaptations from museum collections
are stitched on 28-ct evenweave fabric across two threads
(except Scissors Case stitched on 18-ct Aida cloth)
| Kit includes: evenweave fabric, DMC floss, graph, needle, instructions and photograph |
Chart includes: graph, instructions and photograph |
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Cypripedium villosum Orchid Item 320
Stitched area: 7 x 10 in. Adapted from a print in the rare book Pescatorea Iconographie des Orchidées, printed under the direction of Jean Jules Linden in 1860. Linden, director of the Royal Botanical Garden in Brussels, was instrumental in popularizing orchids. The book is from the collections of The LuEsther T. Mertz Library at The New York Botanical Garden.
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Passion Flower Item 317 Stitched area:
6.5 x 8 in. Adapted from a watercolor by Pierre-Joseph Redoute (1759-1840). Redoute was the official painter of Empress Josephine. The original is in the collection of The Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City |
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Tryon
Tulip Stitched area:
7.5 x 11.25 in. Adapted from a botanical print by a Dutch artist c 1720. It reflects the "tulipmania" that struck Europe during this period.. The original print now hangs in the Tryon Place in New Bern, NC |
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Stitched area:
Adapted from an historic wallpaper design.. | |
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