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Sampler
Praag, Maria, born 1700 - Enlarge image
Sampler
- Place of origin:
Netherlands (made)
- Date:
1803 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Praag, Maria, born 1700 (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Cotton, embroidered with silk in pattern darning and cross stitch, with eyelets
- Credit Line:
Given by George D. Pratt
- Museum number:
T.95-1934
- Gallery location:
In store
The earliest samplers were reference works for embroiderers. They showed copies of patterns and stitches and recorded how to achieve particular effects. In Europe in the 17th century samplers provided instruction and practice for girls learning needlework. In The Netherlands, needleworkers made elaborate darning samplers to show off their darning skills in the late 1700s. These samplers may have been the source for English darning samplers. However the samplers from the Netherlands are more usually signed and dated than the English ones. The inscription on this sampler has been translated. It says:' Made by me Maria Praag under the instruction of Sara de Troi widow Ooms finished the 12 May in the year 1803'.
