Very Fine Antique Dutch Silk on Linen Darning Sampler with Golden Threads, 1816, Professionally Framed as Found austrian 1920s box A couple of white paint

A couple of white paint drips on the rear leg on one side

Box measures 15 l x 7 1/2 w x 3 3/4" t

I'm a real sucker for these sorts of things

glove in one hand and the other raised to the throw

I splurged on this one because I love it so very much

Very Fine Antique Dutch Silk on Linen Darning Sampler with Golden Threads, 1816, Professionally Framed as Found austrian 1920s box A couple of white paintAmong 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