Mat
- Object Name:
- Mat
- Object ID:
- 1967.015.10 a-b
- Date:
- 1880-1894
- Description:
- Two square mats of turquoise blue wool broadcloth embroidered with a roundel centered with Arabic script; possibly intended for lamp mat or other protective mat. The edges are cut and unfinished, and not particularly square. The embroidery is worked in silk threads (yellow, purple, brown, and cream) in a chain stitch with stylized flowers surrounding the Arabic script in a circle.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool
Silk - Dimensions:
- W-9.5 L-10 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:
- Flowers, Embroidery, Arabic
Electronic Resources are only available to New Hampshire Historical Society members. To access electronic resources, please join the New Hampshire Historical Society.