sampler, Anonymous, 1771, linen, silk, cross-stitch, General: 38 x 37cm 380 x 370mm, flower, deer, boat, biblical representation, tree, farm, sampler on loosely woven linen embroidered with silk thread in various colors. The sampler is full of classic figures such as the tree of life with snake, a lying deer, a boat, two men with a bunch of grapes, and in the bottom edge a hay barn, a farm and a mill. On all sides a branch with acorns in brown and red. At the top center a wreath of flowers flanked by two angels with the initials AEH and ANNO 1771 14 IA below. Furthermore, between the figures various letters: IK AD CM EV MM MS SM WB GH EFI BI CD, partly with a crown above it. To the left and right a selvedge with a blue line, hemmed below and above, Datum1881.
sampler, Anonymous, 1771, linen, silk, cross-stitch, General: 38 x 37cm 380 x 370mm, flower, deer, boat, biblical representation, tree, farm, sampler on loosely woven linen embroidered with silk thread in various colors. The sampler is full of classic figures such as the tree of life with snake, a lying deer, a boat, two men with a bunch of grapes, and in the bottom edge a hay barn, a farm and a mill. On all sides a branch with acorns in brown and red. At the top center a wreath of flowers flanked by two angels with the initials AEH and ANNO 1771 14 IA below. Furthermore, between the figures various letters: IK AD CM EV MM MS SM WB GH EFI BI CD, partly with a crown above it. To the left and right a selvedge with a blue line, hemmed below and above, Datum1881