Subtle But Amazing c. 1900 Dutch Darning Sampler with 60 Plus Darnings Arviat carving I believe likely for a

I believe likely for a carnival game--and indeed it is quite a performative thing to toss these heavy things

Just a bit irregular in size

but they do make one want to handle it with care

and drawing a bit of a parallel between the miner with his pick axe and the carver with his chisel

a few in sanguine

Subtle But Amazing c. 1900 Dutch Darning Sampler with 60 Plus Darnings Arviat carving I believe likely for aI purchased this one from a seller in the Netherlands who deals a lot in darning samplers, and from whom I've bought a couple of others in the past. She used "wow!" to describe this one, c. 1900, and I have to agree I've never see one packed with as many darnings as this. That itself speaks to this one cloth have been worked for many many many hours, with each darning beginning as a cut puncture to the cloth, which the darning would then mend. A wide