Arts Center Library | Thousand Islands Arts Center
Collection Database
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87.6.162a-c
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One large and two small rectangles of blue, off white and grey fabric in twill weave. Flecks of pink, green, orange and burgundy throughout. Gray yarn and darker blue yarns are wool, other yarns are synthetic....View Full Record
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Sample
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87.6.42
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Rectangular sample of deep reds, and beige with pattern of square blocks. All wool warp and weft. Woven in a variety of block structures. Unfinished fringe at both ends with spacer yarn at one end. Two selvedges....View Full Record
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Sample
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87.2.9
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Small sample of shiny white synthetic raffia in white-on-white check pattern. Weave is an extended twill. All yarns are the same synthetic raffia. Four raw edges....View Full Record
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87.6.111
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Small fabric sample of irregular shape. Sample has two shades of off white in bands across width. Twill weave. Warp threads alternate with thick wool yarn and fine shiny white synthetic yarn. Weft of bright, shiny white synthetic yarn. Two selvedges and irregular cuts leaving raw edges....View Full Record
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Cloth Fragment
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87.6.113
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Small rectangular sample with weft stripes of pattern in blue, green, orange, pink, buff and off white. All yarn is cotton.
Two selvedges. Machine stitiched to rectangle of starched buckram, possibly to create a book cover....View Full Record
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87.6.154
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Large, irregularly shaped sample in pink, peach, grey and off white. Warp of thick and thin cotton and synthetic yarns, all colors. Weft same with the exception of the heavy two ply cotton yarn found in warp. Two selvedges and irregular raw edges....View Full Record
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Sampler
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87.6.115a,b
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Color sampler in off white, light grey, medium grey, dark blue and burgundy creating broad stripes in twill weave. One selvedge on fragment "a". Remaining edges are cut....View Full Record
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Cloth Fragment
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87.6.176
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Rectangular fabric sample of Rosepath twill within a plain weave background. Yarns are wool with varying shades of deep blue. Rosepath border in orange, rust and brown details. Two hem edges are machine stitched, one selvedge, and one raw edge. Corner cut out. Weft yarns are aldo two ply wool.
Label reads: "Handwoven / from / Berta Frey Weaving Studios / Washinton, DC"...View Full Record
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Cloth Fragment
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87.6.165
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Rectangular fragment, predominantly blue and orange stripes. No selvedges but machine stitched on three sides. Twill variation in blue and white stripes as well as orange stripes.
Warp threads are very heavy cotton floss in green, white and orange. Blue threads pearl cotton S twist. Weft is same size as blue and Z twist, off white....View Full Record
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Cloth Fragment
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87.6.36a,b
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Heavy beige fabric in undulating twill. Probably for upholstering or carpeting.
Warp threads are a rosy beige pearl cotton, two ply S twist. Weft threads are beige cotton rug yarn, four ply S twist....View Full Record
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