Collection Highlights
Fort Hamilton Polka Redowa
Date:
1852
Object Number:
PR.020.1.1
Medium:
Color Lithograph.
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Runner
Object Number:
1944.206
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Wool, linen, cotton thread
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 1/2 x 108 x 1/4 in. ( 64.8 x 274.3 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Long, rectangular carpet runner with wool warp and linen weft; pattern of blue, red, brown, and yellow stripes of varying width; cotton overcast stitching.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this runner was made around 1800 by Ada Weightman of Georgia, Vermont. The maker's granddaughter claimed that Mrs. Weightman planted the flax seed from which the linen was made, spun the yarn, and prepared the dyes used to color the fabric. Brown was made from butternut bark, and green from boiled drugs(?); blue came in "chalky chunks"; urine water was also used.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
