A Special Pleader

by Charles Burton Barber

A Special Pleader cross-stitch pattern by Charles Burton Barber (MD size, High colors, Full DMC palette)

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480 x 356 in 175 colors 170,880 stitches

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Description

Charming painting of a young child and her loyal pet dog by the famous English artist Charles Burton Barber (1845-1894). In this Victorian-era painting, we have a young girl wiping her tears as she stands in the corner for some unknown misdeed. This painting is very similar to his more famous painting In Disgrace. Both paintings appear to show the same little girl wearing the same dress and with her feet positioned in the same way. In the other painting, a different pet dog seems to share her punishment. A Special Pleader has our naughty little girl being defended by a loyal dog. The dog, a border collie perhaps, stands behind his mistress with one foot raised in the air and giving off a general air of begging. It would appear the dog is pleading for her release from punishment.

This pattern will enable you to reproduce the image using the medium of cross-stitch or diamond painting. The custom charting technology we developed produces the highest quality cross-stitch and diamond-art patterns available with new levels of detail and color matching to accurately reproduce the images in whatever size and color combination you prefer. Not every image will look as good with the lowest colors at extra small size but not every image needs maximum colors at extra large size. We create every combination and provide accurate mockups so you can select the pattern that is right for you.

You can be confident that the pattern you buy from us will produce a piece that you will be proud to hang on your wall or gift to a loved one, to be admired for generations to come.

Patterns are available to download in PDF format immediately after purchase and will also appear in our pattern viewer and tracking application. This is the pattern only and does not include any paper copy or the materials you need to complete the project - you can purchase these from your local crafting store or online supplier of choice and the pattern will detail the number of skeins required based on the material type and stitching style you use.

Color Palette

The complete color palette including DMC code, description and stitch count for the selected pattern is shown below. The downloaded PDF pattern or our app will give you the complete estimate of thread-skeins required based on the canvas type and number of strands used for stitching.

Code
Description
Count
310
Black
15,963
938
Ultra Dark Coffee Brown
9,169
3053
Green Gray
8,949
898
Very Dark Coffee Brown
7,752
3371
Black Brown
6,514
3348
Light Yellow Green
6,484
523
Light Fern Green
6,063
3013
Light Khaki Green
5,926
934
Black Avocado Green
5,051
890
Ultra Dark Pistachio Green
4,865
644
Medium Beige Gray
4,585
3781
Dark Mocha Brown
4,578
3345
Dark Hunter Green
4,530
842
Very Light Beige Brown
4,084
642
Dark Beige Gray
3,802
801
Dark Coffee Brown
3,612
939
Very Dark Navy Blue
3,125
841
Light Beige Brown
2,832
730
Very Dark Olive Green
2,715
3052
Medium Green Gray
2,412
936
Very Dark Avocado Green
2,253
3051
Dark Green Gray
2,101
368
Light Pistachio Green
2,025
3022
Medium Brown Gray
1,999
3363
Medium Pine Green
1,999
611
Drab Brown
1,813
989
Forest Green
1,811
522
Fern Green
1,759
371
Mustard
1,594
3011
Dark Khaki Green
1,575
640
Very Dark Beige Gray
1,508
15
Apple Green
1,317
3032
Medium Mocha Brown
1,314
3033
Very Light Mocha Brown
1,299
830
Dark Golden Olive
1,295
645
Very Dark Beaver Gray
1,229
937
Medium Avocado Green
1,129
3012
Medium Khaki Green
1,089
738
Very Light Tan
1,081
471
Very Light Avocado Green
1,054
646
Dark Beaver Gray
1,034
3787
Dark Brown Gray
976
869
Very Dark Hazelnut Brown
933
831
Medium Golden Olive
904
739
Ultra Very Light Tan
865
10
Very Light Tender Green
825
167
Very Dark Yellow Beige
793
Ecru
Ecru
734
3362
Dark Pine Green
732
822
Light Beige Gray
728
3346
Hunter Green
714
945
Tawny
613
677
Very Light Old Gold
611
3799
Very Dark Pewter Gray
600
08
Dark Driftwood
599
520
Dark Fern Green
590
3347
Medium Yellow Green
572
844
Ultra Dark Beaver Gray
564
840
Medium Beige Brown
564
839
Dark Beige Brown
551
3866
Ultra Very Light Mocha
546
320
Medium Pistachio Green
511
746
Off White
509
772
Very Light Yellow Green
502
422
Light Hazelnut Brown
431
3863
Medium Mocha Beige
410
09
Very Dark Cocoa
396
712
Cream
376
814
Dark Garnet
361
407
Dark Desert Sand
357
500
Very Dark Blue Green
347
400
Dark Mahogany
343
3829
Very Dark Old Gold
289
3777
Very Dark Terra Cotta
284
732
Olive Green
259
23
Apple Blossom
254
24
White Lavender
253
169
Light Pewter
250
436
Tan
232
03
Medium Tin
228
3861
Light Cocoa
215
451
Dark Shell Gray
202
14
Pale Apple Green
192
680
Dark Old Gold
173
301
Medium Mahogany
168
895
Very Dark Hunter Green
167
729
Medium Old Gold
161
413
Dark Pewter Gray
154
778
Very Light Antique Mauve
153
3813
Light Blue Green
148
502
Blue Green
138
3859
Light Rosewood
124
3858
Medium Rosewood
124
3770
Very Light Tawny
119
3064
Desert Sand
118
734
Light Olive Green
117
3808
Ultra Very Dark Turquoise
111
318
Light Steel Gray
109
632
Ultra Very Dark Desert Sand
102
159
Light Gray Blue
100
987
Dark Forest Green
98
165
Very Light Moss Green
89
336
Navy Blue
76
745
Light Pale Yellow
72
3815
Dark Celadon Green
71
733
Medium Olive Green
69
3072
Very Light Beaver Gray
69
581
Moss Green
67
703
Chartreuse
62
924
Very Dark Gray Green
62
3771
Ultra Very Light Terra Cotta
61
561
Very Dark Jade
61
823
Dark Navy Blue
61
16
Light Chartreuse
59
152
Medium Light Shell Pink
55
3810
Dark Turquoise
54
472
Ultra Light Avocado Green
49
29
Eggplant
48
832
Golden Olive
47
704
Bright Chartreuse
42
3836
Light Grape
42
163
Medium Caledon Green
41
21
Light Alizarin
41
3848
Medium Teal Green
41
311
Medium Navy Blue
39
3856
Ultra Very Light Mahogany
36
3849
Light Teal Green
36
224
Very Light Shell Pink
32
312
Very Dark Baby Blue
32
758
Very Light Terra Cotta
31
322
Dark Baby Blue
30
3807
Cornflower Blue
26
992
Light Aquamarine
26
930
Dark Antique Blue
25
221
Very Dark Shell Pink
23
3078
Very Light Golden Yellow
22
913
Medium Nile Green
21
3814
Aquamarine
21
834
Very Light Golden Olive
19
813
Light Blue
19
402
Very Light Mahogany
16
3712
Medium Salmon
16
798
Dark Delft Blue
15
3721
Dark Shell Pink
14
782
Dark Topaz
14
762
Very Light Pearl Gray
12
25
Ultra Light Lavender
10
3776
Light Mahogany
9
760
Salmon
8
166
Medium Light Moss Green
8
3760
Medium Wedgwood
8
11
Light Tender Green
7
505
Jade Green
7
962
Medium Dusty Rose
6
3865
Winter White
6
820
Very Dark Royal Blue
6
517
Dark Wedgwood
6
3713
Very Light Salmon
5
3833
Light Raspberry
5
676
Light Old Gold
5
825
Dark Blue
5
352
Light Coral
4
3821
Straw
4
3740
Dark Antique Violet
3
3855
Light Autumn Gold
3
3733
Dusty Rose
2
3824
Light Apricot
2
3809
Very Dark Turquoise
2
912
Light Emerald Green
1
3822
Light Straw
1
3689
Light Mauve
1
783
Medium Topaz
1
3820
Dark Straw
1
702
Kelly Green
1
355
Dark Terra Cotta
1

All our patterns are the highest quality that can be created for the given size and color constraints. Occasionally this results in some threads that are only used for a handful of stitches in a pattern but we include them because they are the best matches for those colors. You can stitch them as-is or you can use your own judgement and may decide to replace them with another similar color that is already used elsewhere in the pattern. Use our closest DMC thread-color lookup tool to select candidates for replacement.

Image Sizes

Patterns can be used with any canvas type, all that will change is the physical dimensions of the completed image. To allow for mounting a cross-stitch piece in a frame we recommend a canvas size with at least 3 additional inches on each edge.

Completed Image Size Suggested Canvas Size
Canvas Type Width Height Width Height
11 Count Aida 43 ¾" 32 ¼" 49 ¾" 38 ¼"
14 Count Aida 34 ¼" 25 ½" 40 ¼" 31 ½"
16 Count Aida 30" 22 ¼" 36" 28 ¼"
18 Count Aida 26 ¾" 19 ¾" 32 ¾" 25 ¾"
20 Count Aida 24" 17 ¾" 30" 23 ¾"
22 Count Hardanger 21 ¾" 16 ¼" 27 ¾" 22 ¼"
25 Count Evenweave 19 ¼" 14 ¼" 25 ¼" 20 ¼"
28 Count Evenweave 17 ¼" 12 ¾" 23 ¼" 18 ¾"
32 Count Evenweave 15" 11 ¼" 21" 17 ¼"

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