Thursday, July 31, 2008

Australia's Samplers

Here's a pretty cool article about Australian samplers - it's in .pdf form and has some pictures.

http://www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/files/magazine/magazine-autumn08-samplers.pdf

It's interesting the subtle influences Australian life had on the style of children's samplers - I'm going to try and transcribe a sampler from the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney that features a typical example of Australian 19th century public architecture as well as a black swan - a staple water bird of Australia's lakes.

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