SOLD RR's 1836 Red and White Darning Sampler on Homespun Linen in Period Gilded Frame with Original Glass homemade fishing Elephant: 5 1/4" x 4

Elephant: 5 1/4" x 4 1/8"

and there is the remnant of an old sticker on the underside of the base that looks like a hand-written price in foreign currency

stained and varnished

So excellent

with great surface on both sides

SOLD RR's 1836 Red and White Darning Sampler on Homespun Linen in Period Gilded Frame with Original Glass homemade fishing Elephant: 5 1/4" x 4I love darning samplers of many sorts, and this a very sweet one, American I believe, on homespun linen, signed RR and dated 1836. The finished edges show that it was not cut down from a larger sampler this is all there ever was and it is backed in the frame by another piece of homespun. I'll just never get over the beauty of the patterns on darning samplers like this showing skills for making darns (mends) to match different types weaves of fabric.