C. A. Bunch 1945

A dance underneath the maypole? 1945!? A sampler by the end of World War II !?

Dancing children, bright colors, many small, scattered, childish motifs, a large French motif – exactly like this the stained, dirty sampler of "C A Bunch" was in front of me at a flea market. I had to "save" it.

Probably this sampler is of French origin:

• the children motif and the plants originate from DMC,
• the capitals from Sajou,
• and I found even the cross on French samplers.

Whether C. A. Bunch wanted to express with her work her delight in the end of the war or her integration in a family – her initials are in the cartridge as well - remains a mystery.

Now the sampler of C. A. Bunch belongs to the collection of Margit Guerrein from Berlin.

Crosses: 295 x 252
Size: 42 x 36 cm
Stitches: Cross stitch, running stitch, Algerian eyelet