Arts Center Library | Thousand Islands Arts Center
Collection Database
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93.5.76a,b
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Long narrow fabric sample with irregular shape due to many cuts. Wide off-white center field flanked by horizontal bands. Bands alternate with M's and O's, silver-colored metallic cord, and chenille.
Warp is pearly off-white two ply yarn. Weft includes silver colored metallic cord, chenille and the same pearly off-white yarn found in warp....View Full Record
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Towel, Fingertip
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93.5.78
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Green fingertip towel. White linen warp and green linen weft. Overall pattern and tighter sett at selvedges. Handstitched hems....View Full Record
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Mat, Table
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93.5.79a, b
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Pair of orange linen placemats with blue borders. Fine natural linen warps and orange linen weft. Borders of plain weave and overshot in light blue, green, purple, and dark blue. Treadling errors visible in both samples. One has thick and thin white weft lines. Mat "a" has a bit of yellow weft on one side. No finished ends....View Full Record
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Towel, Fingertip
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93.5.80
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Blue fingertip towel with rose, green and blue floral motif in lower border. Natural colored cotton warp. Weft in natural colored cotton and blue cotton boucle. Floral motif is hand-embroidered rose in a pot in shades of blue, green , red and pink cotton embroidery floss.
Maker's label reads: "Valhalla / St. Mary's Weavers / New York"...View Full Record
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Runner, Table
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93.5.82
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Gray table runner with green borders at either end. Natural gray linen warp and weft with overshot patterns in green and four little lines of pink thread flanked by green at the borders. Two hand stitched hems and two selvedges.
Attached label reads, "HAND WOVEN / FROM Berta Frey Weaving Studios / Washington, D.C."...View Full Record
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Mat, Table
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93.5.84
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Off white and silver placemat. Off white background of design consists of beige rayon singles in warp and white rayon threads in weft. White threads appear to be woven with two singles per shot. Silver metallic threads are woven with a thicker, Z twist yarn to create textured, silver bands. There are three of these bands in varying widths. Silver bands are woven in twill. Plain background is plain weave.
Two selvedges and two handstitiched hems....View Full Record
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Fragment, woven
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93.5.67
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Fragment - Antique piece of cloth, natural cotton warp. Plain weave. Band of commercial fabric attached. Cotton batiste? Hand sewn except hem....View Full Record
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Fragment, woven
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93.5.62
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Towel fragment (kitchen), white linen, plain weave, handwoven. Warp and weft are linen, possibly bleached....View Full Record
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Fragment, woven
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93.5.60
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Blanket fragment - Cream colored with eight red stripes of various sizes near the edge. Twill weave. Very thin. Described by Betty Terlouw as, "Antique woolen blanket, Twill"....View Full Record
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Fragment, woven
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93.5.43B
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Blanket fragment - wool in shades of brown. Twill weave, balanced. Warp and weft are striped wool, dark brown, natural, gold - singles. Selvedge on one side, hemmed at one end. Note from Terlouw, "beautiful color under hem on scrap attached."
Original blanket was cut into three scraps, A, B, and C....View Full Record
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