Bidspirit auction | A MID 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN

A MID 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN DARNING SAMPLER unusual with a mix of darning, woolwork, beadwork, with floral border, eight large darns, and a central woolwork panel featuring either Swiss, German or Austrian men wearing lederhosen, feathers in their caps, white beadwork on their shirts, a large snow-capped mountain in the background, and a woolwork band near to the bottom embroidered in beadwork, “Par Clemence Cools, 1861”, the inlaid wood frame encased in glass, not touching the sampler. (74.5 cm by 63.5 cm, including the frame)