Subtle But Amazing c. 1900 Dutch Darning Sampler with 60 Plus Darnings Arviat carving beautiful weed vase

beautiful weed vase

My guess is that he was meant to represent Uncle Sam

but they do make one want to handle it with care

) and would venture to guess this was indeed a self-portrait

Just a bit irregular in size

Subtle But Amazing c. 1900 Dutch Darning Sampler with 60 Plus Darnings Arviat carving beautiful weed vaseI 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