Mathysphere

A 1927 advertisement for a stamped cross-stitch kit, and a contemporary finish of it.
Pattern by Eleanor F. Bliefling, as seen in The Modern Priscilla vol. 31 no. 8. Finish by Virginia M. Massey, sold at auction for $45 in 2015.
"Few of us have patience to cross-stitch samplers over canvas -- we moderns like designs stamped and then all we have to remember is to keep top threads running in one direction and to use two strands of cotton for the work."