Exciting news! I have recently acquired this 19th century cross stitch sampler (I found it in a local charity shop window) and am planning on re-framing it to display in my flat.
I did some googling on how best to conserve it and have ordered a new frame with acid-free and lignin-free mount card as well as a window mount to stop the sampler from touching the glazing.
Whilst I was shopping online for the new frame I began to wonder about who Edith Annie Wild had been. What had her life been like, and how had her sampler ended up in a Charity Shop in Scarborough? I did some searching online and this is what I discovered...
