SOLD Zerlina Blitz's Exquisite Early Two Panel Darning Sampler (Some Loss) carved car The glass has a nice

The glass has a nice weight to it

circa 1960

and the points at the ends are a bit worn down from use

wonderful gestures

I'd guess the head as well as the boots are made of a  composite

SOLD Zerlina Blitz's Exquisite Early Two Panel Darning Sampler (Some Loss) carved car The glass has a niceSpotting this as I walked into an antiques show in central Mass last weekend set my heart racing and made me swoon. I love a darning sampler, and this is an early one, late 1700s or early 1800s would be my guess. Most of the early ones one sees are Dutch, with the complexly patterned darning samples most typically organized in an orderly, linear sort of composition; those are gorgeous, but to my eye this more freeform one is even more beautiful feels