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This sampler was inspired by an old Swedish sampler,
probably stitched in the 19th century. It is striking,
that the stitcher only stitched a collection of the
letters M, C, E and B – only the letters which
she really needed to sign the textiles for the daily
use like bed and table linen. The letters are stitched
in a very elaborate and luxurious style, which leads
to the fact, that samplers like this are created in
an urban context. The sampler isn`t dated and beside
the letters, contains only two borders.
**) The choice of fabrics and threads was the most
difficult job for Dorothee Kandzi. Dorothee has tried
to use fabrics, threads and colours which are as close
as possible to those of antique samplers. Some of the
samplers you see above are stitched on 200 year old
linen, like Denmark 1825 and Johann Sibmacher Sampler
1601. That requires lots of practice and patience, because
the linen is woven irregularly. A good choice for todays
stitchers is the very fine 40-counted linen produced
by Permin of Copenhagen. Antique samplers are nearly
always stitched with silk on fine linen. Au vers a soie,
a Parisien company, offers silk threads of very high
quality in more than 400 different colours. That allows
the reproduction samplers to have the warm and delicate
shades of the antique samplers.
The kits always come with the finest Danish 40-counted
linen and silk threads from Au vers a soie.
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