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Samplers of northern Europe are often less symmetrical than their English and American counterparts. The emphasis is more on symbolic representations or pattern records than stitch variety or pictorial formula. Religious symbols are found on almost all continental samplers, and Adam and Eve in particular is the principal motif on samplers from Protestant Northern Germany. Other frequently used motifs on this body of samplers include the Spies of Canaan carrying their cluster of grapes, the wreath carried by two crowned angels, the Free Maiden, Dutch lion, spinning monkey, Lamb of God, ships, anchors, carnations, roosters, birds and hearts, and stags, all having religious symbolic meanings. In general, cross stitch is the primary stitch used in the creation of these samplers.
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A Danish sampler from 1790. In Scandinavia, as in England and... |
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The enormous diversity of patterns and designs found on... |
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This sampler, probably Danish, was stitched with brilliantly... |
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The patterns embroidered on this unusual sampler are... |
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A North European Continental Sampler circa 1840. Suitable for... |
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This letterndoek (lettering) form of Dutch sampler appears from... |
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A Northern Dutch Sampler from the German Sampler Museum. This... |
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From the German Sampler Museum. It originates from Holland and... |
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From the German Sampler Museum in Celle, Germany. This northern... |
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Italian samplers of this period are extremely rare, and this... |
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A characteristically northern German sampler, this example from... |
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German and Dutch samplers are known for their iconography,... |
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IRS 1738, A German Saxon Sampler. This splendid early German... |
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From the German Sampler Museum, Celle, Germany. This sampler... |
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Many of the patterns and motifs seen on this sampler will be... |
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This extraordinary band sampler was probably made in Saxony, in... |
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On the first Sunday of September the Giostra del Saracino (Joust... |
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From the German Sampler Museum in Celle, Germany. The Scarlet... |
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From the German Sampler Museum in Celle, Germany. This sampler... |
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