Arts Center Library | Thousand Islands Arts Center
Collection Database
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Mat, Table
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93.5.332
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Sample of Summer and Winter weave. White cotton warp and teal (blue-green) wool pattern werft. White cotton binding weft....View Full Record
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sample, woven
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00.20.36
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Sample - Window blind or placemat. Warp is split bamboo and wheat straw along with jute and olive cotton. Weft stripes/bands of color are widely spaced to let warp show. Weft stripes are black, olive, jute, blue and cream.
Alice Mattil made several samples (see "related objects") of placemats and window blinds. A note with the objects reads, "I did many placemats and window blinds for family and friends. I experimented for weavings using natural Kansas materials."...View Full Record
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Scarf
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93.5.336
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Scarf in brown, beige, and dark blue log cabin; wool (could be Maypole). Log cabin squares are separated by 2 mm or 2 threads of navy blue, with that pattern varied at either end. Fine hemstiching at each end....View Full Record
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Sample
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86.1.472b
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Woven sample in dusty pink and light turquoise; alternating blocks of Bronson Lace and plain weave in turquoise and pink cotton and rayon in a fine boucle. Blocks are separated by warp and weft plain weave of black and white novelty yarn. 2 selvedges; one machine-stitched end and one open end...View Full Record
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sample, woven
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00.20.35
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Window blind sample - Flat wooden slats for warp. Weft stripes let most of wood show. Weft fibers are natural brown, jute, cream, green, light yellow and light blue and metallic gold yarn.
Alice Mattil made several samples (see "related objects") of placemats and window blinds. A note with the objects reads, "I did many placemats and window blinds for family and friends. I experimented for weavings using natural Kansas materials."...View Full Record
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sample, woven
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00.20.34
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Window blind sample - Round bamboo sticks as warp. Weft stripes in browns, creams, yellow, orange, metallic gold.
Alice Mattil made several samples (see "related objects") of placemats and window blinds. A note with the objects reads, "I did many placemats and window blinds for family and friends. I experimented for weavings using natural Kansas materials."...View Full Record
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Sampler
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2010.01.37
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Sampler - shades of blue and green; Spot Bronson; 10-harness; Woven for Master Rating, Weavers' Guild of Boston....View Full Record
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sample, woven
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86.4.145
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Sample - black and green wool double weave in abstract stripe (zebra-like) design; fringed on all four sides. Warp is wool, black and green. Weft is cotton, black....View Full Record
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sample, woven
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00.20.31
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Window blind sample - Woven with wooden sticks, metallic gold yarn and cream yarn as warp. Weft stripes/bands of color in browns, cream, orange, yellow and gold.
Alice Mattil made several samples (see "related objects") of placemats and window blinds. A note with the objects reads, "I did many placemats and window blinds for family and friends. I experimented for weavings using natural Kansas materials."...View Full Record
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sample, woven
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00.20.32
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Window blind sample - Woven with grasses or reeds for warp, along with cream yarn every 5th row. Weft stripes are jute, cream, green, blue and metallic gold. Corner is cut out of this sample.
Alice Mattil made several samples (see "related objects") of placemats and window blinds. A note with the objects reads, "I did many placemats and window blinds for family and friends. I experimented for weavings using natural Kansas materials."...View Full Record
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