Linen sampler on which is embroidered with silk two alphabets (printing letters, gothic), a number series, three shields, two crowns and two hearts with initials and ANNO 1771, This type of sampler served as a teaching tool for the marking of napkins and handkerchiefs, which were used on both sides and in which no offsets or attachments should be visible. The numbers 1 to 9 and the number 10 were practiced to number the linen. The use of the letter Q in the alphabet is early for 1771. The initials, crowns and hearts were taught to the orphan girls for outside assignments. The initials PS are possibly the girl's. First open hem made, then real hemmed., anonymous, Nederduits Hervormde Diaconie Weeshuis, 1771, lap: linen (material), embroidering, length 23.5 cm × width 22.0 cm
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