Sampler or lettercloth worked in colored silk and natural linen on cream colored linen in cross stitch and reticella, lettercloth sampler embroidery needlework images silk linen, textile embroidery cross stitch reticella technique needle lace Long narrow piece of unbleached fine woven linen with very narrow hem of around 0.3 cm and flat an open hem stitch around the lap. On the cloth, alphabets are embroided in colored silk and executed in natural-colored linen in cut-away technique or reticella technique. The lap is not balanced embroided alphabet and letter series and: march .. needlework