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Collection Database
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kimono
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86.2.49
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White kimono with blue floral and bamboo print. Appears to be linen or cotton. Appears to be resist printed. Sewing worked in large basting stitches....View Full Record
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Sampler
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86.4.28
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Sampler - rust cotton with figured stripes of grey cotton. Motifs include diamonds, x and zig zags. Attached note from Myra Young says "sample-warp faced material (8 harness?)"
Weave is Broche warp, Brocade supplementary warp technique. Loom controlled.
Warp is cotton, rust; wool, grey.
Weft is cotton, rust....View Full Record
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hanging
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86.4.303
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Wall hanging - teal and nautral cotton color. Pattern has tree in center with border of snowballs and inlay weft. Warp is cotton, light periwinkle. Weft is cotton, teal. Second weft (pattern) is cotton, heavy, natural color. Boutonne, Plain Weave.
Origin - Canadian - Quebec.
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Reed
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86.4.305a
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Reed - Chinese?. Made of bamboo, rice paper, linen....View Full Record
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Towel, Fingertip
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95.30.1d
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Figertip towel - light yellow, seamed....View Full Record
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Sample, woven
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86.4.40
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Fabric sample - natural, grey and brown plaid/grid and cellulosic textured check. Reported to have originated in Thailand. Fringe on one end....View Full Record
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Block, Quilt
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86.4.39
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Quilt block - Eight point star in blue print, natural cotton muslin background. Hand sewn....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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fragment, woven
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00.26.25
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Scrap of a blanket. Faded red (now pinkish), blue and brown plaid. Rectangular shaped with fine white blanketstitching around edges to prevent fraying. Twill weave. Heavy wool.
Tagged, "Red Plaid. Woven by Melinda Evelyn Farrar Brace born April 25, 1825 in Rush, Genesse Co. N.Y. Died April 17, 1903 in Pekin, Niagara Co. N.Y. She was my Grandmother. Jane McCagg." In different handwriting, possibly Elizabeth Terlouw's, it reads, "Gift of Mrs. Frank McCagg, Brockport N.Y."
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Sample, woven
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86.4.33
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Fabric sample - fragment of a Guatemalan tapestry-woven wool rug with stylized figures in brown, blue, orange, crimson, green yellow and natural. Warp is strong linen or cotton. Weft is wool....View Full Record
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