Embroidered Linen Darning Sampler
1799 (made)
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Linen sampler embroidered with coloured silks using darning and cross-stitch with button holing. Around the edge of the sampler are patterns, arranged in cross shapes, of different darning stitches. Four long rectangles of darning patterns form a square in the centre, in which are eight smaller rectangles. In the centre are the initials 'C.B.' and around the inner square is the inscription 'IANTJE BUIK IN ENKHUISEN DEN 3 DECEMBER ANNO 1799'
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered linen |
| Brief description | Embroidered linen darning sampler made in Enkhuisen, a small village north of Amsterdam, in 1799 |
| Physical description | Linen sampler embroidered with coloured silks using darning and cross-stitch with button holing. Around the edge of the sampler are patterns, arranged in cross shapes, of different darning stitches. Four long rectangles of darning patterns form a square in the centre, in which are eight smaller rectangles. In the centre are the initials 'C.B.' and around the inner square is the inscription 'IANTJE BUIK IN ENKHUISEN DEN 3 DECEMBER ANNO 1799' |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| Accession number | T.96-1934 |
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| Record created | October 21, 2002 |
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