c. 1900 Dutch Darning Sampler: Blue and Red, Alphabet and Numbers drawing on bank stationary or perhaps to stick like

or perhaps to stick like a post into a bowl full of pretty rocks and pebbles

Shorter is 3 5/8" t

The hand of the maker is viscerally palpable everywhere

and clearly that would be 1869

with a little paint loss to the green

c. 1900 Dutch Darning Sampler: Blue and Red, Alphabet and Numbers drawing on bank stationary or perhaps to stick likeOne of two Dutch darning samplers just in, arrived straight from Holland. Of course I'm forever on the hunt for exquisite 18th and early 19th century Dutch darning samplers, but those are very few and far between (and usually exorbitantly expensive). In the meantime, I'll always say yes to a nice younger one, this c. 1900, red and blue and white thread on white cotton cloth. I love the neat gridded organization (so Dutch!) and the progression of the