Coaster

Object Name:

Coaster

Object ID:

1967.015.03 a-e

Creator:

Cartland, CharlesArtist

Date:

1890-1897

Description:

Five coasters or mats, all constructed of heavy plain-weave off-white cotton; the threads of the weave are 3-ply S-twist. The mats are embroidered with red Berlin wool yarns in cross stitch with a border pattern suggestive of a stylized floral pattern. The mats are self-fringed. Two (d, e) are small squares, which are appropriately sized for coasters. One (c) is a small rectangle; another (b) is a slightly longer rectangle, and the fifth mat (a) is a large square probably intended as a lamp mat (note the stain from an octagonal base--typical of pressed glass kerosene lamps).

a. 11" square
b. 9" x 5.5"
c. 7" x 5.5"
d. 5.25" square
e. 5.25" square

Material:

Textile
Cotton
Wool

Provenance:

Gift of Lucia Cartland Hale and Mary Cartland Lomison. Made by Charles S. Cartland, father of the donors, for Caroline C. Shackford, and returned to him after her death. Gift of Mrs. Samuel Hale and Mary Cartland Lomison. Charles Sumner Cartland (1851-1938), a banker from Dover, NH, married Julia Hilliard Wallingford (Cartland) of Dover, NH, on April 4, 1887 in Wellesley, MA, where she was living at the time.

Credit Line:

Gift of Lucia C. Hale and Mary C. Lomison

People:

Shackford, Caroline C. (1847-1897), Cartland, Julia H. W. (1850-1894), Cartland, Charles S. (1851-1938), Hale, Lucia C. (1890-1973), Lomison, Mary C. (1892-1976)

Subjects:

Embroidery, Needlework, Embroidery, redwork