Arts Center Library | Thousand Islands Arts Center
Collection Database
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sample, woven
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85.5.476
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Fabric sample. Skinny rectangular strip with fringe on the two long sides. Beige and gold. Could be cotton. Weft is parallel fibers (not twisted) yarn in gold and rust mix. Warp is beige twisted yarn. Plain weave....View Full Record
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Lace
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86.2.88
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Lace insertion. Machine net with floral motif in cotton....View Full Record
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sampler
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85.5.557
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Sampler, blue, brown and white rectangle with fringe on one end and short self fringe on the other side. Plain weave stripe. Brown wool weft with small section of lighter blue weft. Blue and white probably cotton....View Full Record
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Sample
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85.3.200-298
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85.3.200 through 85.3.298 (with a few exceptions noted below) are mostly small fabric samples mounted on 8.5" x 11" cards. A catalog card for each object ID number exists in the card file, but does not contain enough information to warrent individual entry into database at this time (6/9/2010). Items not mounted on cards have been entered into this database individually. All items have been photographed. The following catalog numbers are not in drawer C-6:
85.3.210
85.3.222
85.3.226
85.3.227
85.3.231
85.3.234
85.3.243
85.3.260
85.3.276
85.3.279
85.3.281
85.3.290
85.3.293...View Full Record
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lace
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86.2.94
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Lace edging. Natural darned net in vining floral motif with floral scallop border; plain hexagonal brides; partly gathered at top edge....View Full Record
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Lace
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86.2.96
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Lace insertion; natural linen bobbin lace with floral repeat and persian pear repeat. Scalloped borders; diamond brides; picoted edges....View Full Record
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Scarf, Bureau
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85.5.84
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Dresser scarf - made of four bands card woven in white, blue, and green cotton. Commercial piece from South America. Fringed....View Full Record
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dress
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86.2.70
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Dress. Black chantilly machine lace dress; floral pattern, sleeveless, 2 tiered front, 2 tiered back (6" attached capelet (shawl collar) white satin bow at waistline....View Full Record
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Binder, Swatch
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85.1.2
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Blue vinyl-covered three ring binder containing 320 fabric swatches of plain weave, twill weave and combinations of the two. Sub categories include: suitings, furnishing fabrics, plaids, stripes, and checks....View Full Record
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Sampler
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85.5.171b
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Sampler - Blue and natural colors. Stripes of Honeysuckle . Labelled, "These three treadlings are identical, all that is varied is the size of the filler." Hemmed at both ends, the folded back area is in gold.
Weave: Overshot, Honeysuckle
Warp: cotton, 20/2 white
Weft: cotton, variable.
Pattern weft: variable, blue and white....View Full Record
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