PREORDER Rachel de la Rue 1825 - Cross Stitch Antiques - Cross Stitch Pattern

    Linen: 40 count Patriot’s Brew by R and R Reproductions
Thread:  Weeks Dye Works       Stitch Count:   245 wide x 263 high    
Design Size on 40 count: 12.25 inches wide x 13.15 inches high
Original: approx. 15 ¾ inches wide x 15 ¾ inches high on 28 count linen over two threads with cotton Stitches used: cross stich over two, cross stitch over one, satin stitch
 
About the Antique: Rachel tells us she was eleven years old when she finished her sampler in 1825 making
her birth year 1813 or 1814. The antique dealer indicates she was from Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
With this information in mind, an ancestry search reveals a Rachel born in this time frame, living in Saint
Martin, Guernsey, who married Nicholas Tourtel and had a daughter named Henriette, born January 1,
1849, and at least two other children, Nicholas and Eleanor. One of Rachel’s ancestors was Thomas de la
Rue, most likely an uncle, (1793-1866), who became famous and whose company name lives on to this day.