"Seaweed and Dragon Flies"
1905-1915
NBW.099
The simplicity of Japanese wares inspired American artists and designers who drew on them to create an increasingly influential cult of beauty in every day objects.
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Chairback: "Vine and Fig Tree"
1907
NBW.010
This cross-stitched linen was used as a covering for a chair back.
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Wallhanging: "Two Red Roses Across the Moon"
c. 1919
NBW.086
William Morris's poetry inspired this embroidered wall hanging.
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Screen Panel: "The Last Rose of Summer"
1908
NBW.096
The Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework exhibited this embroidered panel in 1908.
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Wallhanging: "The Pear Tree"
c. 1911
NBW.108
Ellen Miller and Margaret Whiting provided creative direction to the members of the Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework.
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Spinning Equipment
c. 1895
1996.14.0566.01-.03
Soon after Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield Massachusetts, opened in 1880, a room was devoted to the display of domestic textile equipment, used by women in the homes in the days before textiles were produced in factories.
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Tape Loom
c. 1800
1883.31.12
At the time this tape loom was made many people purchased fabric and sewing notions but some women and girls continued to use tape looms to weave narrow fabric bands, or "tape."
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Shirred
Rug Depicting the Sheldon House
1842
1918.02.04
Arabella Sheldon (1812-1874) of Deerfield, Massachusetts, designed and made this rug to represent the house where she grew up.
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Embroidery
of Mount Vernon
c. 1807
1893.07.21
Caroline Stebbins simultaneously displayed her patriotism, refinement, and embroidery skills in this silk on silk embroidery of George Washington's home at Mount Vernon, Virginia.
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