Branded linen patchwork on which with cattle-colored silk in cross, locker and star stitch include the spies of Canaan, the Dutch Virgin, the coat of arms of Amsterdam, Adam and Eve by the tree of good and evil, ANNO 1802, OLD 13 IAAR and three pairs of initials, The maker made this patchwork in her twelfth year. The pattern of the spies of Canaan going behind each other is rarely seen on Dutch samplers. The front man turns away from the bunch of grapes (Christ), the back one turns toward him (cf. sampler in the Centraal Museum, Utrecht). The crowned Dutch Virgin with the freedom hat is accompanied by the Dutch Lion. Embroidered in the axis of the sampler are the coat of arms of Amsterdam and the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil. The snake head refers to Eve, identified by her long hair. The pattern is constructed symmetrically, but not equally on both halves so that the cloth does not look stiff. It is unusual in that the spies of Canaan walk after each other. The initials are embroidered as italic capitals. Right selvedge. Double open hem., GHA, Amsterdam, c. 1802, lap: linen (material), embroidering, length 47.0 cm × width 47.0 cmwidth 0.05 cm
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