Arts Center Library | Thousand Islands Arts Center
Collection Database
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Towel, Dish
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85.5.85
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Dish towel - Faded red and white, linen damask, antique....View Full Record
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Cloak
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86.2.7
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Fuschia silk man's cloak. Accesssion records note cloak as Turkish.
Full length, center front opening top to bottom. Stand up collar. Embroidery scattered overall with floral motifs, silk threads, metal threads, metal sequins. Beige cotton gimp edging along opening, collar and cuffs. Lined with off-white cotton twill fabric....View Full Record
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Sample
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85.5.87
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Sample - aqua blue and cream, geometric pattern, plain weave....View Full Record
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Cloth Fragment
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86.2.67a,b
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Two fabric fragments cut to identical, irregular shape. Fabric is white brocade showing figural pattern in red, silver and black. Horizontal rows of figures, trees and birds.
Each fragment has a selvedge and raw cut edges....View Full Record
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Sample, woven
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85.5.88
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Fabric sample - multicolored striped designs. (green, red, yellow, pink, purple, black)
Weave: Weft faced with design pick-up. Plain weave.
Warp: Cotton, natural, fine.
Weft: cotton, many colors....View Full Record
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Jacket
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86.2.66
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Lace jacket. Irish lace in white machine stitch with handmade floral closure; flower in leaf pattern; picoted brides; deep lapels and cuffs; bound seams....View Full Record
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Runner
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85.5.89
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Runner - blue and white overshot weave. Tagged reads, "Note the many mistakes in threading. How many can you find?" Hemmed on both ends.
Warp and weft: cotton, white.
Pattern weft: cotton, blue, heavier than warp....View Full Record
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Towel, Dish
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85.5.90
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Linens - Natural linen with narrow hem, handwoven, (observe selvedges).
Weave: point twill and M's and O's.
Warp: Linen, singles, extremely fine, natural.
Weft: Linen, singles, fine, but heavier than the warp....View Full Record
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Sample
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86.1.165
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Sample, possibly a placemat; twill weave figured warp stripes of blue and white diamonds, alternating with cotton gimp stripes in yellow, orange, green and white. Fringed on three sides....View Full Record
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Sample
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86.1.322
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Small sample in off white cotton white with orange, green, aqua and yellow inlay details. Details consist of narrow colored lines and three long narrow diamond shapes. Colored details are woven with floss.
Two selvedges and two fringed edges....View Full Record
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