Very Fine Antique Dutch Silk on Linen Darning Sampler with Golden Threads, 1816, Professionally Framed as Found austrian 1920s box also known as Wild Turnip

also known as Wild Turnip

I'm a real sucker for these sorts of things

Just a great little piece of tabletop architecture

base measures 4 1/8" x 2 3/4"

I really love this as a sculptural piece just on its own

Very Fine Antique Dutch Silk on Linen Darning Sampler with Golden Threads, 1816, Professionally Framed as Found austrian 1920s box also known as Wild TurnipAmong the things I'm obsessed with, darning samplers are at the top of the list, especially very finely executed 18th and earlier 19th century Dutch ones like this, dated 1816 to me just astounding in the beauty of those laborious, painstakingly precise, gorgeously colored, intricately patterned darns. (Darns being essentially small, freehand weavings used to mend holes in cloth, and a darning sampler like this a showcase of the maker's ability to