Portuguese Bird Sampler 275 x 335 Barbara Ana Patterns 18-2105

Barbara Ana Patterns Counted Cross Stitch Psttern  

The sampler features a couple, in period costumes, riding towards each other. The lady is elegantly riding aside, in her long dress. They are both holding a flower in their hand.

Central in the motif is a large bird, perched in a tree with large blue and gold dotted flowers. The bird too holds a flower in its beak. Small fruit, or possibly olives, hang in the background, a vision of abundance and nature's generosity.

Below the main cross stitch motif is a verse from a poem that reads:

Tell me ye knowing and discerning few

Where I may find a friend both firm and true

Who dares stand by me when in deep distress

And then his love and friendship most express

Separated by floral borders and chain like patterns, there is a secondary bird and flower design with the date 1833 as well as an alphabet. Borders of acorn, surround the sampler.

This pattern is an original design, not a reproduction sampler.