Keep Me Warm One Night: Early Handweaving in Eastern CanadaStudy of traditional handweaving as it was practised in Ontario, Quebec, and the Atlantic Provinces up to 1900. |
Contents
Tools and equipment | 15 |
The basic weaves tabby twill and simple patterns | 55 |
Carpets blankets linens | 83 |
Copyright | |
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Keep Me Warm One Night: Early Handweaving in Eastern Canada Harold B. Burnham,Dorothy K. Burnham,Royal Ontario Museum No preview available - 1972 |
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19th century ROM Acadian added fringe bands blankets Bleached linen blocks border boutonné Brunswick Burnham Canada Cape Breton carpeting centre seam cloth colour cotton on natural coverlets woven Doublecloth coverlet draft driving wheel examples fibres flax Gift of Miss ground Harold Humberstone Township Indigo blue wool Jacquard coverlet John David Eaton known Lincoln County lozenge Lunenburg County Mackley Collection main weft materials Mid-19th century ROM motifs natural white cotton Niagara Peninsula nineteenth century Nova Scotia overshot weave pattern book pattern weft piece Prince Edward County Prince Edward Island probably produced professional weavers Quebec red wool rose fashion Royal Ontario Museum Samuel Fry Scotland Scottish shafts shown shows shuttle skein spindle spinning tabby tablecloth tie-up Tied doublecloth proportion Township treadling Twill diaper coverlet United usual Waterloo County weft Welland County white cotton decoupure white cotton warp width wool on natural woollen wove yarn