Mat, Table

Object Name:

Mat, Table

Object ID:

1967.015.07

Place of Origin:

Dover, NH

Date:

1875-1897

Description:

Table Mat. Constructed with a square of pale turquoise velvet within a deep frame of pale brown velvet. Small panels of needlepoint canvas are embroidered with floral motifs and appliqued in the center of the turquoise patch and at the center along the sides of the brown velvet. Tassels of Berlin wool in simliar shades of turquoise and brown form tufts along the edges. The backing is plain red wool flannel.

Material:

Textile
Velvet
Wool

Dimensions:

W-10.75 L-11.25 inches

Provenance:

Gift of Lucia Cartland Hale and Mary Cartland Lomison. Possibly belonged to mother and father of the donor Mary Cartland Lomison, Charles Sumner Cartland (1851-1938), a banker from Dover, NH, who 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:

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

Subjects:

Velvet, Quilting, Embroidery