Description:
Unfinished linen table mat printed or stencilled on one of the shorter sides with the "Rabbits in the Pea Patch." A similar example in the museum's collection (HD 94.023.17) reveals this to be the work of Ellen Miller (1854-1929). Miller moved to Deerfield from Hatfield, Mass., with her family in 1893. She studied art at the New York Academy of Design, and co-founded, with Margaret Whiting (1860-1946), the Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework. In addition to her embroidery work with the Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework, Ellen Miller also experimented with resist-dyed printed, stenciled, and painted designs. Using natural dyes, she produced smaller domestic textiles such as table mats, decorative and functional accessories placed on flat furniture surfaces. Unlike needlework produced by the Society, Miller’s printed and painted designs took inspiration less from the past and more from contemporary art movements, including Art Nouveau.
Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Linen Link to share this object record:
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