c. 1900 Dutch Darning Sampler: Blue and Red, Alphabet and Numbers drawing on bank stationary Husband and wife duo Edwin

Husband and wife duo Edwin and Mary Scheier enjoyed a prolific and prodigious career that spanned nearly six decades

the skillfulness of Black Forest carving is hard to deny--which this snuff-box-scale carved and hinged box exemplifies--and this one is very much indeed my cup of tea

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or perhaps to stick like a post into a bowl full of pretty rocks and pebbles

c. 1900 Dutch Darning Sampler: Blue and Red, Alphabet and Numbers drawing on bank stationary Husband and wife duo EdwinOne of two Dutch darning samplers just in, arrived straight from Holland. Of course I'm forever on the hunt for exquisite 18th and early 19th century Dutch darning samplers, but those are very few and far between (and usually exorbitantly expensive). In the meantime, I'll always say yes to a nice younger one, this c. 1900, red and blue and white thread on white cotton cloth. I love the neat gridded organization (so Dutch!) and the progression of the