Darning Sampler
c. 1880
Willemijntje Elisabeth Wakker
Willemijntje Elisabeth Wakker (Dutch, b. 1875)
Textiles
Darning Sampler, c. 1880. Willemijntje Elisabeth Wakker (Dutch, b. 1875). Silk on linen, embroidery; overall: 47.3 x 47.3 cm (18 5/8 x 18 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George W. Bierce 1943.110 Orphaned as a child, Willemijntje was sent to the Burgerweeshuis (Citizen's Orphanage) in Amsterdam along with her three sisters. While there, she embroidered her own name along the top edge. On their samplers the orphans often embroidered the initials of relatives.
- Maker/Artist
- Willemijntje Elisabeth Wakker
- Classification
- Sampler
- Formatted Medium
- Silk on linen, embroidery
- Medium
- silk, linen, embroidery
- Dimensions
- Overall: 47.3 x 47.3 cm (18 5/8 x 18 5/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: initials symmetrically spaced around central design of a house. Top: "Willemyntje Elisabeth Wakker"; bottom: " Oud 14 jaar Anno 1800."
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1943.110
- Credit Line
- Gift of George W. Bierce
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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