Wonderfully Colorful and Varied C. 1900 Dutch Darning Sampler civil war history bouncing off the walls forever

bouncing off the walls forever

and the yellow glow emitting from within--and also how it fills almost the whole paper

Turned front legs and posts

the perfect enhancement to its elegant form and weathered black painted surface

Wonderfully Colorful and Varied C. 1900 Dutch Darning Sampler civil war history bouncing off the walls foreverIf 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