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Source Description
Orphaned as a child, Willemijntje was sent to the Burgerweeshuis (Citizen's Orphanage) in Amsterdam along with her three sisters. While there, she embroidered her own name along the top edge.
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Document identity
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122847
label
Darning Sampler
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id
122847
contentType
object
title
Darning Sampler
description
Orphaned as a child, Willemijntje was sent to the Burgerweeshuis (Citizen's Orphanage) in Amsterdam along with her three sisters. While there, she embroidered her own name along the top edge.
date
c. 1880
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CC0
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en
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Q80019293
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439332
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Sampler
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 47.3 x 47.3 cm (18 5/8 x 18 5/8 in.)
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Netherlands, early 19th century
accession
1943.11
Source extras
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Silk on linen, embroidery
tombstone
Darning Sampler, c. 1880. Willemijntje Elisabeth Wakker (Dutch, b. 1875). Silk on linen, embroidery; overall: 47.3 x 47.3 cm (18 5/8 x 18 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George W. Bierce, 1943.110
collection
Textiles
inscriptions
inscription
initials symmetrically spaced around central design of a house. Top: "Willemyntje Elisabeth Wakker"; bottom: " Oud 14 jaar Anno 1800."
didYouKnow
On their samplers the orphans often embroidered the initials of relatives.
creditline
Gift of George W. Bierce
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2026-05-29 06:19:26.124000
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122847
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Textiles
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Textiles
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Silk on linen, embroidery
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female
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