Arts Center Library | Thousand Islands Arts Center
Collection Database
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yarn
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86.5.91
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Yarn Sample - Royal blue linen warp knotted and attached to two wooden lease sticks with lengths of yellow cotton yarn....View Full Record
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Mat, Table
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93.5.138
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Plain weave linen mat in natural color. Leno finish hems....View Full Record
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purse
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85.5.77
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Woven purse. Rectangular with woven handles sewn on. Black, brown, ecru. Log cabin pattern. Handwritten instructions/notes about weave are inside....View Full Record
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Sampler
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86.4.29a-b
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Sampler - 2 pieces - Brown and natural linen with green, orange and grey bands and patterns. Woven as one piece then cut in center. Woven with one tie-down for columnal effect. 2 shuttle weave, loomed controlled. Notes attached.
Weave is summer and winter.
Warp is softly spun linen.
Weft is linen....View Full Record
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fragment, woven
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00.26.22
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Two blanket fragments. One is a small square, the other is rectangular. Brown twill weave. Soft material. One selvedge, white fine wool warp, heavy brown wool weft.
Tagged, "Gift of Mrs. Wm Reedy, Spencerport, N.Y." presumably in Elizabeth Terlouw's handwriting.
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Belt
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86.4.47
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Belt - warp stripes of chevrons in blue, white, green, red and gold; long fringes at each end, some braided; cotton; reversible twill double weave. Tagged "Canadian reproduction of that French weave"...View Full Record
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Pillow
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95.21.4
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Pillow - with foam inside. Floor pillow. Maroon velveteen with woven top. Top has woven striped pattern in pinks and lavenders, with mitered sections, designed from flower beds at Bouchart Gardens in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Welting/beading was made from velveteen. Top welting is woven.
Weave structure - Twill. Weft faced.
Warp is cotton. 5/2 marroon. Weft is assorted yarns in assorted colors....View Full Record
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vest
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86.2.19
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Vest - black wool with floral embroidery in bright colors - orange, blue, pink, red and green. Hook and eye front closure. All handstitched and hand-embroidered. Probably from Romania or Czeckoslovakia. South Eastern European....View Full Record
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fragment, woven
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00.26.24
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Blanket fragment - Natural color with eight red stripes of various widths at one end; twill weave; light weight; wool warp and weft. Tagged, "Gift of Mrs. Wm Reedy, Spencerport, NY."...View Full Record
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Runner, Table
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86.4.44
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Runner - Asian plain weave cotton in gold with handpainted images of textile tools in orange, green, brown and black. Hemmed at both ends....View Full Record
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