Canada 2013 Souvenir sheet #2687 - Christmas Craft - MNH

Issued on October 22, 2013

     2687a - Cross-stitched horn

     2687b - Cross-stitched reindeer

     2687c - Cross-stitched Christmas tree

 Cross-stitch dates back to roughly AD 500 and was discovered in Upper Egypt. Practiced in China during the Tang Dynasty (618- 906) and in Spain under the Moors (756-1492), it's said it was brought to England in the 16th century by Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of Henry VIII. The earliest surviving sampler – stitched by Britain's Jane Bostocke in 1598 – features flower and animal motifs, patterns and an alphabet missing the letters J, U, and Z, a common convention at the time.

     Traditionally, cross-stitch was used to embellish dishcloths, household linens and dollies as a way of demonstrating family wealth and status. In the 17th century, as women learned how to write, cross-stitch samplers became a means of practicing their letters and numbers.

(exerpt from Details, Volume XXII, no. 5)

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