Pine Mountain Settlement School
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Large Blue Tub
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Fireside Industries weaving. Framed and hanging in Office entry. [weaving_pmss_02b_mod.jpg]
TAGS: weaving samples in Pine Mountain Settlement School Collections, weaving patterns, looms, Appalachian coverlets, wool, warp, weft, Fireside Industries, Berea College
WEAVING Samples at Pine Mountain Settlement School II (Blue Tub)
It is a pity that when we speak of art, the
thought should be of something quite remote
from the life of the people ….. The word
art ought to carry as common and universal a
meaning as the words life and love.
J.H. Dillard
In: A Book of Hand-Woven Coverlets by Eliza Calvert Hall 1912
GALLERY: Large Blue Tub (Boy’s House/Library)
In May 29, 2018, Sarah Broomfeld and Colleen Ambrose, volunteers, inventoried the contents of a large blue Rubbermaid tub located at Boy’s House. The following details the content of that tub.
INVENTORY
BLUE TUB Contents | DONOR | DESCRIPTION | CONDITION | IMAGE | |
1. | Linsey-woolsey, large fragment | Creech Family | madder, walnut | Fragment | |
2. | Coverlet | Creech Family | indigo-dyed wool, white flax double -weave |
Poor | |
3. | Coverlet | blue-white, double-weave | |||
4. | Linsey-woolsey skirt | Aunt Sal | red, dark walnut (?) | fair | |
5. | Green cushion cover (?) | coverlet pattern, Pinecone bloom ? | |||
6. | Bonnet | brown cotton cloth | |||
7. | Weaving fragments – | cotton, indigo, madder | |||
8. | Cushion cover | cream-white (may be faded green | fair | ||
9. | Homespun fragment | unknown vegetable dye | poor | ||
10. | Quilt | red and white diagonal. Backing of squares. Feedsack? | poor | ||
11. | Rag rug | wool. 4′ x 3′ | good | ||
12. | Rag rug | thin cotton w/ rag weft runner | good | ||
13. | 2 contemporary crocheted acrylic squares | crocheted acrylic | good | ||
14. | 5 pieces of yellow cotton lace weave curtains | lace-woven cotton | |||
15. | Slip-covers | brown (?) | ? | ||
16. | Samplers | ||||
17. | 1 rag rug | red, black, (2) yellow | |||
18. | Contemporary pink/blue weaving | Cat-track & snail pattern | |||
19 | Contemporary browns/greens weavings | Wool with cotton warp |
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