Arts Center Library | Thousand Islands Arts Center
Collection Database
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Lace
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86.2.108
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Edging - net darning in comet-like scattered geometric motifs; swag edge decorated with popcorns; machine made lace border in needle lace style with gimp flower and picoted edge....View Full Record
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86.2.110
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Lace edging; beige linen bobbin lace in brussels style with wide vining floral repeats and scalloped border of swag medallions enclosing leaf and flower motifs....View Full Record
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86.2.111
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Lace border. Natural linen bobbin lace in Brussels style with vining floral repeat. Hexagonal mesh in brides and large mest in flower. Picoted border with floral motif....View Full Record
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Runner, Table
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85.5.444
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Table runner - soft pink and white. Twill weave with various treadlings. Machine sttiched on one end, knotted on the other.
Warp and weft are the same: 8/2 cotton, soft pink and white alternating one and one....View Full Record
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Hat
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86.2.39
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Off white knitted hat with deep cuff with fringe, tassel at crown gathers. Cuff and crown show vertical rows of diamond shapes flanked by cable lines. Interior of cuff in stockinette stitch....View Full Record
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Scarf
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86.2.38
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Navy blue silk chiffon scarf with ribbed pocket hem along sides. One edge is raw cut, other has rolled, machine-stitched hem. Two selvedges....View Full Record
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Sarong
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86.2.37
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Long rectangular green shawl with gold (brass?) thread border bands at either end. Bands are woven in point twill. Smaller bands along edges in same gold or brass threads are woven in regular twill. Body of piece woven in a gauzy plain weave. Two selvedges along length. Ends are raw cut and fringed....View Full Record
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lace
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86.2.112
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Lace edging in natural cotton; machine lace in heavy Italian style with stylized carnation and leaf motifs. Geometric upper border....View Full Record
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Lace
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86.2.113
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Lace edging. Fine cotton gauze in an off white color with vertical stripes and hemstitching in drawn work alternating with stripes of over cast stitches. Bound hem at top edge....View Full Record
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Scarf
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86.2.41
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White scarf with bold numbers "1935" inked on in green. Plain weave. All four edges unfinished and fringed.
Scarf was probably a college scarf for Robert College - a Christian college located in Iran - directed by a relative of the donor.
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