SOLD Oh Noble Heart Think of Your End, Antique Pennsylvania German Acrostic Cross-stitch Sampler muscular system based on the clothing and

based on the clothing and headdress

These two I found yesterday at the "Papertown" show in Boxborough

which is about as perfect a thing as I can imagine

There its one small tear to to upper left corner

SOLD Oh Noble Heart Think of Your End, Antique Pennsylvania German Acrostic Cross-stitch Sampler muscular system based on the clothing andFound in Maine, but Pennsylvania German, 19th century I believe, though in a newer frame. Happily, a previous owner of this did the work of researching it, and adhered to the back of the frame is a handwritten note translating the meaning of the central element a series of letters, OEHBDDE, surrounding a planted heart and there is some additional reference material discussing the history and use of the motif as well. The OEHBDDE is an acrostic, with