Lohizo Maria Garcia-1841

Maria Garcia's Spanish sampler is like so many in that all four sides are worked with two or three different band patterns as well as her name around the centre square. Lohizo stands for made by. The centre contains a large pot of flowers, birds, chairs, basket and lions. She was instructed by Maria Paradinas.

This sampler is from the Textile Museum in St. Galen, Switzerland, accession no. TM20108.

Worked in cross stitch, long armed cross, satin and florentine. Stitch count is 308 x 306 and finished sizev15 x 15 "". Recommended for intermediate stitchers.