Very Fine Antique Dutch Silk on Linen Darning Sampler with Golden Threads, 1816, Professionally Framed as Found traditional mola first decade of the 20th

first decade of the 20th century I believe

I believe late 19th or very early century and for sure a very finely made

There is a bit of warping to the base such that it sits not quite flush and the edge of stable has separated from the base a hair at one end

tempera on paper

Very Fine Antique Dutch Silk on Linen Darning Sampler with Golden Threads, 1816, Professionally Framed as Found traditional mola first decade of the 20thAmong 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