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Sunday, 23 August 2020 17:51

Pronkrol by Cato de Keijzer

Part of a sampler ('Pronkstuk') made in 1909 by Cato de Keijzer (TRC 2014.0938). The sampler is more than seven metres long. The nightdress is a miniature garment stitched onto the sampler.

The Textile Research Centre in Leiden has a so-called pronkstuk or pronkrol. It is a long sampler of some 7.5 m long and 40 m wide, showing a wide variety of embroidery techniques and some miniature garments.

Published in Samplers
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