Tablecloth

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Tablecloth

Entry/Object ID

SS.2001.5

Description

Woolwork floral needlework on black wool fabric octagonal-shaped background was a tablecloth that was cut down for framing purposes: wool yarn flowers made individually and attached (along with a stitched floral vine) in a circular design, light green wool yarn used for vine and leaves, vine stitched in a circle with small white triangular-shaped flowers along inner side of circle, small pink triangular-shaped flowers on outer side of circular vine; (16) groupings of flowers around vine, (12) of the (16) floral groups have stems stitched off of the circular vine; has two large red flowers with green leaves and stems at bottom, has small triangular-shapes to make large red flower, red flowers are opposite each other in circle; has two large pink & white striped flowers, each made with small triangular shapes to make large flower, small light green dot in center of striped flowers, these striped flowers are opposite each other in circle, next to each large red or pink and white striped flower is a grouping of three small circular-shaped flowers, either red, white, gold, blue and white or pink and white yarn used, each flower has a colored dot in center, next to (in the center of) each three flower grouping is a large circular-shaped flower, either white with a green dot in center, red with a green and white dot center or light blue with a white, green and red dot center.

Collection

Sunnyside Object Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1850

Dimensions

Dimension Description

measured folded

Height

11-3/4 in

Width

11-5/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 11 5/8 in. (29.8 x 29.5 cm)

Dimension Description

overall

Width

25-3/4 in

Length

27 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 25 3/4 x 27 in. (65.4 x 68.6 cm)

Material

Yarn (wool), Fabric, Wool

Condition

Notes

Overall Analysis: Details of condition:black wool fabric in center of circle is worn and has two prominent holes that have been patched, one hole is 3/8" diameter and other hole is 1/4" diameter, edges of fabric have been cut with pinking shears, folded under and had been taped to a piece of cardboard. Fabric was untaped from cardboard and unframed from modern wooden frame that was disposed of July 2001. Back side of fabric has eight oval-shaped black fabric patches where fabric is worn in center of needlework. Masking tape glue and cardboard paper residue are on edges of fabric.

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Found information about woolwork in "The Dictionary of Needlework, An Encyclopedia of Artistic, Plain and Fancy Needlework, Facsimile of the 1882 edition" by Sophia Caulfield and Blanche Saward, pgs. 522-523. Xerox copy in object file.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 01D