Special 2020

So many motifs and so little space!

In 1890, Anna from the German region of Hessen tried to cope with everything as possible. The duty as well as the pleasure and some things had to be "tricked". The couple holding hands are lovely - unusual on school samplers.

Unique! The little stitcher did her job well: simple borders and two rows of alphabets. Straight letters and the cursive.

But then? What's this? What story is meant here: a robber and seven little boys? The riddle remains open. Or do you know the solution?

"W. Zimmermann 1917 ”belongs to my friend Margit Guerrein's large collection of school samplers.

Das Rätsel ist gelöst. Wer lange sucht, der findet. Merci, Brigitte Brandenburg!

The little stitcher could use or was allowed to use many, many beautiful colours to create her school assignment. Private leftovers or school inventory?

The teacher probably distributed the cut material to all students. Unlike in later years, the prepared pieces of fabric with woven edges were not yet available. Therefore, the stitcher had to line the edges with fine ribbons and stitches.

“Duty” and “freestyle” are evenly spread.

Angnes, the Pure (Chaste, Immaculate, Saint), is a variant of Agnes.

That is probably Angnes ‘third part of the school tasks in needlework lessons: a sampler with alphabets, numerals and small examples of borders. She must have had a lot of fun in her own creative part. Childishly playful and serious motifs share the lower section.

"Angnes Müller approx. 1900" belongs to my friend Margit Guerrein's large collection of school samplers.