Early 20th Century Dutch Notebook with Colored Pencil Darning Diagrams and Notes studded 12 x 13 x 1"

12 x 13 x 1"

or swimming through

10 11/16" x 8 1/4"

) The scratches and subtle halo around his head just amplifies the effect

With hands on a book in front of her

Early 20th Century Dutch Notebook with Colored Pencil Darning Diagrams and Notes studded 12 x 13 x 1"As a lover of antique Dutch darning samplers, I was especially delighted to find this Dutch notebook dated 1906, which contains a series drawings diagrams, together with handwritten notes, detailing methods for executing a series of darns. As abstract drawings, rendered in colored pencil, they're quite lovely things (as are darns themselves!), but understanding each drawn line and loop as representing a thread I think makes them even better. Pretty