Subtle But Amazing c. 1900 Dutch Darning Sampler with 60 Plus Darnings miniature dominoes with a different personality on

with a different personality on each

and really nice perched on the desk

I found it at a terrific estate sale in Concord

) With the figure's arms raised as if to hold reins

looking as if he himself is about to disappear in a cloud of smoke with a wave of his cape

Subtle But Amazing c. 1900 Dutch Darning Sampler with 60 Plus Darnings miniature dominoes with a different personality onI 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