Woven Potholders (2)

Woven Textile

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Tarble Art Center

Name/Title

Woven Potholders (2)

Entry/Object ID

2014.1.1a and 2014.1.1b

Description

Two woven potholders made in Arizona, possibly Tempe. Colored with red, white, and blue stripes with multicolored (orange, pink, brown, blue, yellow, gray, green, and light blue) strings in between. Small plastic, circle handle on corner and hand stitching on side opposite the plastic circle handle. Attached with undated purple ribbon with print, “First Premium Home Making Arts Department Arizona State Fair.”

Collection

Illinois Folk Arts Collection

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Gift of Charles Buzzard

Made/Created

Artist

Buzzard, Irene C.

Notes

Date made: After 1956

Location

Drawer

Flat File BB

Vault

Permanent Collection Storage

Building

Tarble Arts Center

Institution

Eastern Illinois University

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Created by Irene Couchman Buzzard when she and Robert Buzzard retired and lived in Arizona. Received by son, Charles Buzzard, who then gifted it to the Tarble Arts Center

Created By

jonathan@catalogit.app

Create Date

March 27, 2025