Cotton sampler on which is red silk IH.SCHOLTZ.ALS.DAS, various other initials, leaping deer, flower pots and rabbits, ANNO 1874, Symmetrically constructed, but initials not mirror images. IH.SCHOLTZ, the artisan; ALS and DLS (in wreath), the parents; MG, MS, MN, MB, the governesses ('mothers'). The meaning of the remaining initials is unknown. Rabbits, whether or not in a closed garden, formed a popular pattern on the samplers of the handicraft schools in Amsterdam. These cloths, embroidered in one color, are distinguished from others by the careful way they are worked: the front and back are identical, but in mirror image., Johanna Hendrika Scholtz, Nederduits Hervormde Diaconie Weeshuis, 1874, lap: cotton (textile), embroidering, length 22.5 cm × width 22.5 cm
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Cotton sampler, red silk IH.SCHOLTZ.ALS.DAS, various, initials, leaping deer, flower pots, rabbits, ANNO 1874, Symmetrically constructed, initials, mirror images, IH.SCHOLTZ, artisan, ALS, DLS, wreath, parents, MG, MS, MN, MB, governesses, 'mothers', meaning, remaining initials, Rabbits, whether, closed garden, formed, popular pattern, samplers, handicraft schools, Amsterdam, cloths, embroidered, color, distinguished, careful way, worked, front, back, identical, mirror image, Johanna Hendrika Scholtz, Nederduits Hervormde Diaconie Weeshuis, 1874, lap, cotton, textile, embroidering, length 22.5 cm, width 22.5 cm
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