Subtle But Amazing c. 1900 Dutch Darning Sampler with 60 Plus Darnings 1871 stencil conch shell

conch shell

where the paint has worn away

which an artist friend of mine

which once belonged to the Reading Lab at Illinois State University

Subtle But Amazing c. 1900 Dutch Darning Sampler with 60 Plus Darnings 1871 stencil conch shellI purchased this one from a seller in the Netherlands who deals a lot in darning samplers, and from whom I've bought a couple of others in the past. She used "wow!" to describe this one, c. 1900, and I have to agree I've never see one packed with as many darnings as this. That itself speaks to this one cloth have been worked for many many many hours, with each darning beginning as a cut puncture to the cloth, which the darning would then mend. A wide