Canadian Textiles 1750-1900
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Catalogue of a 1965 Royal Ontario Museum exhibition of Canadian textiles from 1750 to 1900, written by Harold B. Burnham. It opens with an introduction to the Ontario and Canadian Textile Projects, then covers Indian work (quillwork, beadwork, ribbon appliqué, plaiting), Quebec (boutonné and overshot coverlets, arrow sashes, quilts) and the Maritimes and Ontario (overshot, twill, double-cloth, summer and winter and jacquard coverlets, quilts, homespun dresses). Numbered entries (1-95) describe each piece with its materials, origin, date and donor or lender. The text discusses professional weavers such as Samuel Fry and Samuel Pentland, and the number of shafts required for some coverlets. It contains no weaving drafts.
- Type
- Other
- Date
- 1965
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 32
- Archive notes
- No illustrations
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