In the late 1980’s our family went back to live in Cambridge, England for a year. All three of my children were very young. My oldest daughter was in preschool. At the end of the year, there was a teddy bear picnic for her preschool class at a country estate nearby. I could go on and on about the estate, but the one thing that inspired this design was the massive nursery and all the things in it. I am sure the things in that room had been there for many generations. There were samplers, wonderful iron soldiers, and a wooden Noah’s ark. I came home and had to do a Noah’s Ark design and several animals. I can imagine this needlepoint in a child’s room. It is a fun piece and very instructive as well.