Wonderfully Colorful and Varied C. 1900 Dutch Darning Sampler animal head with a beautifully shaped hardwood

with a beautifully shaped hardwood handle and steel blade

not knowing anything about J

with wire edging that shows a little rust

both just little gems of paintings

Definitely worthy of having a stand made for it

Wonderfully Colorful and Varied C. 1900 Dutch Darning Sampler animal head with a beautifully shaped hardwoodIf you are reading this, you probably strongly identify with certain objects, especially ones with history, as I do. For me, an antique darning sampler, as much as most any other sort of thing, feels like life itself: torn over and over in order to be carefully, beautifully mended, with the mends together creating a portrait of all sorts of different solutions to the problem of the tear. And then age and stains and marks of being folded and put away