Arts Center Library, Thousand Islands Arts Center | Home of the Handweaving Museum

Collection Database

Click to view listing and additional photos

Apron	85.5.471A
Tea Apron - moss green and white with thin stripes in dark orange and royal blue. Tagged, "The Yarmouth County Weaver's Guild. Handwoven at 678 Main St., Yarmouth, Nova Scotia by Patricia Cann. Apron of all cotton. Will launder well." Weave: Rosepath, Twill Variation Warp: 30/3 cotton, white EPI: 32 Weft: 30/3 cotton, tabby, blue, moss green. Pattern weft: cotton floss, blue, dark orange...View Full Record

Hanging	86.2.86
Woven panel. Gold, green and brown asian brocade with butterflies, caterpillars, medallions with leaves. The piece is worked in 4 strips and basted together. Mitered corners, stitches on foldlines indicate piece once had a lining. Remains of glaze/paint on surface. Identified by Dr. Charles Dibble as 17th century Japanese weave - Persian influence. Densei-hin?(can't read on catalog card)...View Full Record

Sample	85.5.48
Small rectangular yellow, off-white and beige woven sample in plain weave tacked onto a card. Fine Yarns. Yellow plain weave section with border of beige plain weave band, space, and another beige plain weave band. Two selvedges and two raw cut ends....View Full Record

Scarf	85.5.49
Scarf; red, natural, green and yellow striped plain weave. Very thin....View Full Record

lace	86.2.78
Lace insertion. "yellow" bobbin lace with floral motifs enclosed in a six pointed star motif mesh in two sizes....View Full Record

Placemat	85.5.511
Multicolored striped placemat. Two selvedges, two knotted fringed ends. Colors in warp to create stripes are blue, turquoise, green, brown, yellow, brown and orange. Space denting creates lacy effect in stripes running in warp direction...View Full Record

Case, Tissue	85.5.515
Off white tissue case machine woven in a brocade with pink, blue, green and "gold" blosssoms, leaves and stems. "Gold" piping finishes opening edge. Handwritten note inside indicates that this tissue case was a model for class instruction....View Full Record

Sarong	86.2.85
Rose sari with windowpane lines of off-white and borders of "gold" and black bands. Gold band is much wider at one end than the other. Two selvedges and two raw cut ends....View Full Record

Case, Tissue	85.5.516
Small grey tissue cave woven in twill. Grey pearl cotton interspersed with metallic yarns in green and "gold." Probably lurex or similar metal/polyester mix. Machine sewn at seams. Note on artifact tag reads: "Handwoven by Burnham." This might be textile historian Dorothy Burnham?...View Full Record

Mat, Table	85.5.523
Small square table mat in natural cotton. Weave structure (unknown) creates surface texture with diamond shapes alternating in rows. Fringed on all four sides. Tag on artifact reads: "The Loomcrofters/Gagetown - NB/ Canada/ Woven on a Hand Loom."...View Full Record

View Additional Pages Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 Next