Antique Needlework Sampler on Linen with Triple Alphabet, House, Flowers riddle drawing The 510 page volume includes

The 510 page volume includes frontispiece

The smaller measures 4 1/2" wide x 2 1/2" tall

) The whole thing fits perfectly over one's head and face

or I'd think thread or wire could be strung through the tops to hang them

While there are lots of Scandinavian wooden Viking figures out there

Antique Needlework Sampler on Linen with Triple Alphabet, House, Flowers riddle drawing The 510 page volume includesI'd guess the young woman who created this sampler did not expect it would be around 200 or so years later, so may not have thought much about using very light color threads that would more or less disappear as it aged. The linen backing and needlework itself has held up extremely well and appears almost completely intact, but the linen has darkened and the needlework faded, so it lives now as a very sweet but quite subtle piece, which I love but