National Female Model School Sampler

 Kildare Place, Dublin circa 1820

                                 Model:  46 ct Vintage Buttercream Lakeside or Inca Fox and Rabbit

                                                                 with 100/3 Au Ver a Soie silk

                       Stitch Count: 96 wide x 147 high      Design Size on 46 ct: 4.17 inches w x 6.39 inches h

       Original:  design size 4 inches wide x 6 inches high with hem-stitched edge,

 24 stitches to the inch over two on 48 count linen with silk thread

Stitches used: cross stitch over two and over one, satin stitch

From the pages of a specimen or instruction book of

needlework from the National Female Model School, Kildare Place, Dublin, Ireland, circa 1820. The bud

and vine motif is often found on Irish samplers. This sampler as well as the other types of needlework

included in the book served as a model from which the teacher in training would teach other young girls needlework.