C. 1900 Red and White Dutch Darning Sampler, Grid of Nine Darns Plus One old wooden wall box but stable and still looks

but stable and still looks great to me

I fell in love with this heart shaped trivet at first sight and could not let it go--something about the form of it

though I managed to fit mine inside

more notable in photos (magnified) than in person

with a bonus drawing on reverse that wonderfully echoes the positions of the players on the front

C. 1900 Red and White Dutch Darning Sampler, Grid of Nine Darns Plus One old wooden wall box but stable and still looksOf 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 satisfying younger one, this one c. 1900, red and white thread on white cotton cloth. I love the square grid organization, making it feel all the more like a minimalist abstraction, with nine rectangles of darning aligned to the grid,