Arts Center Library | Thousand Islands Arts Center
Collection Database
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Mat, Table
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85.5.523
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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
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Placemat
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85.5.537
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Blue placemat with vertical bands of off-white and blue overshot motifs. Warp is natural two ply S twist cotton and weft in medium blue cotton. Two selvedges and two knotted fringe ends....View Full Record
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Placemat
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85.5.538
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Small off white placemat with grouped inlay yarns in blue, orange and green. Inlay groups are placed at left lower and right upper quadrants. Inlay yarns extend from selvedges as fringe. Plain weave is varied with perodic shots of heaveir yarn creating ribbed effect.
Two selvedge and two handstitched hem edges....View Full Record
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Yarn
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85.5.54
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Linen fibers, unspun. (from flax plant.) Old catalog card says it was wrapped in 1913 newspaper, but it is no longer wrapped. Now it is in archival paper....View Full Record
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Sampler
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85.5.540
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Sampler - yellow, rust, and black rug wool in stripes; braided warp fringe....View Full Record
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Towel, Hand
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85.5.541
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Ecru linen hand towel for guests. Plain weave overall. Pink bands at one end in weft create lacy and embroidery-like effects. Pink is cotton floss.
Dark green in weft as inlay and leno weave strand. Two selvedges and two hand stitched hemmeds....View Full Record
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Mat, Table
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85.5.542
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Square white linen damask table mat. Fringes on all four sides. Central field shows floral design. Borders of gemoetric motifs on all four sides. Basketweave in some border lines....View Full Record
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Sampler
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85.5.544
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Green linen sampler for lacy weaves. Horizontal bands, and rectangles and ovals of various lacy weaves including leno and Bronson? Two selvedges and two fringed edges....View Full Record
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Lace Fragment
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86.2.79a-d
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4 fragments of lace edging in natural cotton whitework and needlemade lace with long scallops and picoted upper edge....View Full Record
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Yarmulke
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86.2.80
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Yarmulke crocheted in cream, brown and salmon pearl cotton. Alternating diamond shapes, spade shapes and Torah arks....View Full Record
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