French Red and White Darning Sampler with Out of Order Alphabet tin toy phone looking rather like a giant

looking rather like a giant squid giving her a tight squeeze

Stable condition now

because I think one can never have too many

and figures being pulled in both directions

French Red and White Darning Sampler with Out of Order Alphabet tin toy phone looking rather like a giantI'm forever ogling antique darning samplers, especially very old Dutch ones, which are just exquisite (and very very dear.) This French one, done by a 14 year old Chantal Cheviot (signed on the edging on reverse) in the earlyish 20th century I would guess, is not one of those but I really like in other ways, including for the out of order alphabet, the reason for which I have no idea! The darning exercises on the bottom half were truly that one can