SOLD RR's 1836 Red and White Darning Sampler on Homespun Linen in Period Gilded Frame with Original Glass tintype of girl and dog but he still has his

but he still has his orb in other (looking as if he might be about to bowl with it)

red and black dividing the face into three parts and then banded on the horns could not have been better

which I bought in homage to Jasper Johns

I think it wants a nice wide edged black or grain painted one around it

SOLD RR's 1836 Red and White Darning Sampler on Homespun Linen in Period Gilded Frame with Original Glass tintype of girl and dog but he still has hisI 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.