Sources
Lion adaptations, left to right Top Row: 11th-century French or English embroidery (Bayeux, Museum of William the Conqueror); 16th/17th- century Iranian tapestry (Copenhagen, National Museum, 19085) Second Row: 13th-century Spanish silk fabric (Riggisberg, Abegg Stiftung, Inv. No. 3967); 11th-century French or English embroidery (Bayeux, Museum of William the Conqueror) Third Row: 11th/12th- century tabletwoven band (Vienna, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Inv. No. T 751); 7th-8th- century Sogdian silk fabric (London, Victoria and Albert Museum); Bottom Row: 11th-century French or English embroidery (Bayeux, Museum of William the Conqueror); 14th-century French illumination from the Prayer Book of Bonne of Luxembourg (Lisbon, Biblioteca Nacional, MS II 72, fol. 433v)
The alphabet is adapted from 8th-century Irish half-uncial script.
The mouse is adapted from an illumination in a possibly 13th-century Spanish manuscript. (Lisbon, Biblioteca Nacional, MS II 72, fol. 433v)
The main border is adapted from a 6th-entury penannular brooch. (Stockholm, Historical Museum)
Materials and Techniques
You can use any even weave fabric such as Aida cloth or linen. The threads are DMC floss. Only whole cross-stitches are used.
Sizes of finished picture
Design size: 121 stitches wide x 217 stitches tall
on 10-count fabric, 12.1” x 21.7”
on 12-count fabric, 10.08” x 18.08”
on 14-count fabric, 8.64” x 15.5”
on 16-count fabric, 7.56” x 13.56”
on 18-count fabric, 6.72” x 12.06”
See below for required DMC skeins
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Craft Type:Cross Stitch
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Craft Type:Cross Stitch
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Theme:Samplers
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Format:Printed Chart
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Brand:Arelate Studio
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Product Code:ARELATE01
