Swatches, Overshot and Bronson lace, with handwritten drafts weaving samples, St. Paul, Minnesota

Contributing Organization:: Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Title:: Swatches, Overshot and Bronson lace, with handwritten drafts weaving samples, St. Paul, Minnesota
Creator:: Berglund, Hilma L., 1886-1972
Description:: Two swatches were woven by Hilma Berglund, on cotton warps with linen wefts. The first swatch (17cm x27.5cm) shows four variations of overshot: ordinary overshot, overshot in summer and winter/ spacing, Italian treadling and sunlight and shadow. Handwritten paper labels are sewn to the back of the swatch. The second (4cm x 38cm) is Bronson Lace. A handwritten draft is sewn to the back of the swatch. A draft, handwritten on graph paper, shows the overshot threading and treadling variations, and Bronson lace threading and treadling.spacing, Italian treadling, sunlight and shadow
Date Created:: 1950 - 1970
Minnesota Digital Library Topic:: The Arts
Type:: Three Dimensional Object
Physical Format:: Samples
Library of Congress Subject Headings:: Weaving
Keywords:: Hilma Berglund
woven swatch
pattern draft
City or Township:: St. Paul
County:: Ramsey
State or Province:: Minnesota
Country:: United States
GeoNames URI:: http://sws.geonames.org/5045473/
Language:: English
Local Identifier:: weaver_47
Fiscal Sponsor:: Funding provided to the Minnesota Digital Library through the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, a component of the Minnesota Clean Water, Land and Legacy constitutional amendment, ratified by Minnesota voters in 2008.
Rights:: Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Rights Statement:: This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms.
Rights Statement URI:: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

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Swatches, Overshot and Bronson lace, with handwritten drafts weaving samples, St. Paul, Minnesota

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