Arts Center Library | Thousand Islands Arts Center
Collection Database
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Placemat
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95.24.1a-e
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Five placemats - All are natural linen. The fifth is woven in blocks; the units are woven with 8 threads instead of 6, the other four are done in stripes of Bronson lace and plain weave. All have hem of about 1"....View Full Record
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Mat, Table
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87.6.72
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Summer and Winter table mat. Natural cotton warp; weft of natural and red cotton. Identified by earlier cataloguer as 6-harness. Fringed at both warp ends. It appears that the method of treadling 'bird's eye' with tie-down order of 1,2,2,1 was used....View Full Record
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Sample
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85.3.101-199
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Fabric Samples - 85.3.101 to 85.3.199 are almost all small fabric samples tacked to 8x10" cards. They are all numbered individually and have catalog cards in card file in curator's office, though data on cards is sparse. Many numbers have multiple swatches within each number (a, b, c, etc.) Larger samples have been entered into this database individually. All have been photographed. The following numbers from this series are not in drawer C-10:
85.3.113
85.3.130
85.3.133
85.3.136
85.3.141
85.3.150
85.3.160
85.3.161
85.3.162
85.3.175
85.3.181
85.3.193
85.3.196
85.3.197
85.3.198...View Full Record
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Sampler
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85.5.51a-c
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250 Treadlings
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Sampler - Three sections. Blue, white and yellow. "250 Treadlings"...View Full Record
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Shawl
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95.12.1
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Shawl. Beige with multicolored design with gold threads. Handspun singles, cotton, motifs are inlayed with multiple strands of cotton singles, hand embroidered multicolor and metal threads. Fringed on both ends.
Lottie Speth purchased this in Yugoslavia in the 1970s. At the time the shop keepers were reluctant to sell it to her because it was old - she has no idea when it was made. [source: correspondence between Lottie Speth and Sonja Wahl, in curators files]...View Full Record
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sample, woven
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00.20.41-87
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47 woven samples mounted on paper. some include drafts, some are experiments in dying. Most are the project of her masters thesis at Kansas University under Evelyn McGraw. Some are experiments done while on Fulbright to Landeskunstsehule in Hamburg, Germany....View Full Record
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Apron
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93.5.186
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Green apron in plain weave with variety of decorative weft yarns. Warp in black rayon. Weft is light brown boucle, shiny light green rayon, pale cherry red rayon, yellow wool, gold-colored rickrack, black cord, and dark green chenille. Sash is grosgrain ribbon. Rosettes at sash front of thick, light green yarn and cluster of gold-colored rickrack....View Full Record
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Blanket
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85.5.448
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Steamer blanket - red, green and blue wool plaid. Double weave, one side has red background, the other side has green background. Fringe on 2 ends. Tagged, "Ross Tartan purchased in Scotland in 1913, crossed the ocean many times."...View Full Record
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Sample
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93.5.297a, b
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Two samples of overshot weave. Warp is white wool. Weft of sample A is green wool; sample B weft is 4 shades of green wool. Sample a is bookmark size. Sample b is pot holder size. Both mounted on cards....View Full Record
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Sampler
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03.1.110a-d
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Four panels of color gamp. Each panel arranged in four vertical rows of squares of color weft inlay in Theo Moorman technique. Each panel shows variations in tone tint of one predominant color, eg. yellow. Occasional metallic threads included.
Background for all panels is white and yellow pearl cotton and cotton boucle in warp and weft with cotton threads as weft binding threads. All with two selvedges and two fringed ends....View Full Record
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