Arts Center Library | Thousand Islands Arts Center
Collection Database
 |
|
Fragment, woven
|
93.5.70
|
|
|
Blanket fragment - Natural color wool with two yellow and one pink stripe. Very fine cotton thread for warp; wool weft; twill weave; one selvedge, three sides hemmed. Attached note in B. Terlouw's handwriting reads, "Blanket - plain etc"...View Full Record
|
|
 |
|
Mat, Table
|
93.5.152
|
|
|
Beige linen table mat in plain weave with white boucle inlay forming grid borders on all four sides....View Full Record
|
|
 |
|
Mat, Table
|
93.5.153
|
|
|
Off white table mat of shiny synthetic fiber in both warp and weft. Lacy inserts on opposite sides (lower left, upper right). Hand-manipulated lace. 2 selvedges, 2 hems....View Full Record
|
|
 |
|
Scarf
|
86.2.46
|
|
|
Scarf/Shawl (in many pieces). Black lace embellished with black glass beads of various sizes. Beaded embellishments make a diamond pattern throughout the scarf, and an elaborate fringe. Shawl is in many fragments and looks as if it will continue to deteriorate with handling....View Full Record
|
|
 |
|
Hanging
|
86.1.186
|
City
|
|
Summer and winter weave panel in cotton warp and cotton ground weft, with rayon boucle pattern weft. Depicts rows of city skyscrapers. Reddish-brown skyscrapers on light beige background. Dowel pocket at top for use as a wallhanging. Selvedge sides and hemmed bottom. This textile may have originally been woven as curtain fabric. Warp is natural cotton 20/2? and 40 EPI. Pattern weft could be rayon or silk. It is two ply boucle, light reddish brown....View Full Record
|
|
 |
|
Runner, Table
|
93.5.176
|
|
|
Small table runner or mat of Tarascon lace, in leno structure, showing classic chevron pattern. Very fine hemstitching. Yarn is very fine twisted cotton in natural color....View Full Record
|
|
 |
|
Hanging
|
86.4.30
|
|
|
Wall hanging - white open weave with stylized bird figures in pink, blue, orange, black, green and yellow cotton. Dowel on top for hanging. Weave "HV" Inlay. Warp is linen. Weft - tabby - linen. Filling - inlay - mixed fibers....View Full Record
|
|
 |
|
runner, table
|
86.2.22a-b
|
|
|
Two table runners. (a) is shorter than (b). Both are natural beige linen plain weave with beige/gold counted drawnwork stripes separating vining floral cross stitch pattern in blue, beige/gold, green and rust. Borders also have beige/gold drawnwork stripe. Hemmed on both ends....View Full Record
|
|
 |
|
Sample
|
93.5.316
|
|
|
Overshot sample. Cotton warp in light cinnamon color. Pattern weft in beige, synthetic, thick yarn at border. Pattern weft in body of piece alternates with tan floss and off-white collton boucle....View Full Record
|
|
 |
|
Sampler
|
86.4.139
|
|
|
Sampler - natural linen plain weave with blue bands of twill and embroidery weaves; tapestry-woven abstract image at one end in green, pink, brown, rust and shades of blue; unfinished at both warp ends (taken from loom). Difficult to determine from which side it was woven. Threading pattern unknown. Warp is linen, natural. Weft: linen, blue-grey stocking pieces in a number of colors. hand pick-up, overshot experiment....View Full Record
|
|
