Description:
Linen table mat or cover dyed in shades of dark brown and a blue fringe decorating both shorter ends, which has a stenciled or drawn design of abstract butterfly wings around a central abstracted diamond design. There is a printed label on back: "THE SOCIETY OF BLUE/ AND WHITE NEEDLE / WORK / No 19 / DEERFIELD...MASS." In addition to her embroidery work with the Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework, Ellen Miller (1854-1929), one of its two founders, 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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